Category: Society, Politics, Lifestyle, and Culture

As summer break is already coming to an end, people are rushing to finish the many activities they started. Throughout the break, some activities include working out, taking summer classes, studying for the SAT/ACT, traveling to different places, volunteering, and earning a driver’s license. On top of that, people are feeling anxiety and excitement as…

      Many people fall in love without knowing why they did. Most are unable to pinpoint specific traits of their partners that first ignited sexual attraction. While some may give personality or physical appearance as reasons for loving another individual, scientific research indicates that love involves more primal, instinctive elements. Just as animals…

It is commonly known that a lie is a false statement made with the deliberate intent to deceive. As much as lying is frowned upon in society, people lie constantly, to the extent that some claim lying is a part of human nature. Each individual has a unique combination of core beliefs and political motivations…

  In 2002, Park Seung Il, the youngest basketball coach in Korea, was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis–also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. ALS is a disease that weakens the muscles of a person which causes them to lose function of every muscle in the body. They cannot control what their body does or move…

  As we enter summer, some teen trends are vital to know for the rest of 2018. 2018 is filled with new and crazy styles. Some trends are even coming back from the 1900’s. Teen’s are getting more and more creative with fashion and design.   One trend for girls are mom jeans. Yes, these…

    With the school year coming to an end, and summer starting, it can be a time of happiness and excitement for the upcoming summer break.  However, for most middle school, high school, and college students, it is a time of stress and the last weeks of school are ridden with an abundant amount…

  Back in May, Relay for Life – a community event fundraising for cancer research ran by the American Cancer Society – was held in Central Park, Santa Clarita.  Besides Santa Clarita Valley, it is a nationwide gather where people of all ages come together to support cancer survivors and its research.   The Relay…

  From the moment that African slaves were first introduced to the American colonies to assist in the production of profitable cash crops and work new machinery essential for the economy’s well-being, racial discrimination has continued to plague the Americans, albeit in subtler ways today. Despite efforts throughout the 1900s to rid of racial oppression…

    Looking back over the past century, our quality of life has dramatically changed; the majority of the population can be expected to reach old age in industrialized countries. We are currently living in the golden era of innovation and technology, where what we have thought of as impossible a decade ago are in…

When Los Angeles residents rallied again on Sunday, June 10 to protest the proposed construction of a homeless shelter in the heart of Koreatown, it was only another step in an ongoing bitter battle between the Korean-American community and Los Angeles Council President Herb Wesson.   This battle stems from a controversial decision made by…