Opinion

OPINION: In Satan can we trust? By Dora GuerreroAssistant EditorPublished Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 Sometimes it’s so much easier to fear the things you don’t understand; sometimes people demonize them so they don’t have to look at them for too long. As children, they tell us to not misbehave or “el cucuy” is going to take us; the cucuy represents some evil that is out of this world, which goes against everything we have been taught. This ungodly presence steals misbehaving children and takes them away, but are all “ungodly” things really that bad? Dora GuerreroAssistant Editor The Satanic Panic from the 1990s created a false vision of the “occult” focused on a great conspiracy of Satanic cults that abduct children for human sacrifices. What many people failed to realize is that t...

OPINION: Eros’s quiver holds piercing influence Marissa ContrerasManaging EditorPublished Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 According to Greek mythology, it is said that the god Hephaestus allowed for two beings to become one after the god Zeus separated them. This became evident on the Friday of the first week of school. Where exactly? The Kinesiology Convocation Building Green Greek Showcase. He didn’t come right away, but when he did, I didn’t notice. I was talking to my friend, not caring about the crowd of smelly, sweaty college students. Marissa Contreras Then I felt the tug of my heart turn me around, and there he was. Talking among his bros. They looked dumb, but he didn’t. I wanted to go up to him, but the worst scenario played out immediately in my mind. What if I stut...