Cultural Obsolescence and Evolution
Virginia Grant, Culture Editor
April 2, 2019
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The headline read “Whites Will Become a Minority by 2045.” My first thought was; no big deal, we all knew that was coming. I remember being a child back in the 60s and my parents discussing how America was becoming a new blended race with ancestors from around the globe. We thought it was a good...
The Federalist President
Virginia Grant, Culture Editor
March 21, 2019
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Sometimes, and it is happening with increasing frequency, I find that the average citizen possesses a profound lack of understanding regarding the most basic precepts of American democracy. Part of the blame rests in our education system. For generations we have passed on a revisionist history that,...
Are you ready for Lent? 40-day religious period begins this week
Ana Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief
March 6, 2019
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Happy Mardi Gras! Crawfish, King Cake, Gumbo, all that good stuff…and not to mention the parties and the loads of beads to wear. But if you are religious, it also means one thing: time to give up something for Lent. Lent, the 40-day, six-week period that starts from Ash Wednesday and leads into...
Women’s History Month: Crushing Gender Discrimination in Male Dominated Industries
Lesley Abegunde, Staff Writer
March 2, 2019
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To celebrate this new month which can be termed "Mother's month", let's talk about Gender equality and the likes, shall we? Gender discrimination has been a major issue in the world at large. Although, it has reduced in the past years, and even though we live in the 21st century and in the realest...
R.I.P. Café Adobe: “the best margaritas in Houston”
Ana Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief
February 20, 2019
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When I moved to Houston in March of 2015, I never thought about how exquisite the Tex-Mex restaurant business was. I have deep Mexican roots, so the food I grew up with was not the food I was introduced here in Houston. My boyfriend, who was trying to play it cool at the time before we started to date,...
Notebooks vs. laptops: a controversial comparison
Ana Gonzalez, Editor-in-Chief
January 29, 2019
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Man, times have changed significantly in the past few years. Technology has evolved, from taking notes on notebook paper to taking notes on a reusable Rocketbook and/or on a laptop/tablet. These days, many students now have a variety of ways to learn thanks to technology. I’m 28 years old. I fall ...
“I’m an Angels fan, why am I rooting for the Astros?”
Ana Gonzalez, Culture Editor
October 24, 2018
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When you are from California, there's a good chance that you may be affiliated with a random team that is not from California. Why is that? Do outside teams play better than our home teams? It depends, but that's not the case if you are a Houstonian rooting for the Astros. But the funny thing is,...
We are NOT The Enemy
Ana Gonzalez, Staff Writer
September 18, 2018
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We’ve been hearing this almost every day: “The media is the enemy of the American people”. When President Donald Trump took office, one of the things he started doing was to attack the media for reporting “false news” on his presidential duties, and his moves. He hated how some journalists...
Dia de los Muertos
P.W Knight, Staff Writer
November 16, 2017
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The real celebration is November 2; the other days of celebrations were adopted from the United States.
In Retrospect: Dracula (1931)
C.D. Calderon, Staff Writer
July 5, 2017
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By now, the figure of Count Dracula has passed way beyond familiarity. The idea of a Transylvanian King of Vampires has reached the point where archetype has become cliché. If the current expression of the vampire myth in pop-culture means anything, it is that we have ceased to take it seriously, and...
In Retrospect: Wait until Dark
C.D. Calderon, Staff Writer
June 20, 2017
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Wait until Dark is a 1967 thriller, starring Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin, that tells the story of Lisa, “the World’s Champion Blind Woman”. She suffers her condition as the result of a bad car accident that happens off-stage before the curtain opens. Since then, she’s been attending blind...
In Retrospect: Finding a Third Way: The Four Feathers (1939)
C.D. Calderon, Staff Writer
May 12, 2017
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Harry Faversham has a problem. As a peer of the realm, growing up during the reign of Queen Victoria, certain obligations are expected of him. This means he is saddled with the pressure of “great expectations”, all of which are meant to bring honor to his family name and glory to the British Empire,...