On June 24, millions of Americans were crying both tears of joy and fear following the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the court majority...
“Lock down,” the words boomed over the school public address system, and I knew exactly what these words meant. All 20 of my classmates quietly stood up from our desks in unison and walked towards...
Amber’s story:
Everyone remembers the gay straight alliance club in high school. A collection of students already out and proud, and slightly a little too much into anime. As a 14-year-old, I watched...
In the kitchen, Doña Inés is cooking lunch for the family. She takes great care with it, as her mother taught her.
She wants her son, Ricardo, to be prepared for the football match he has later at...
Impending graduation hasn’t set into reality for me. Come Saturday, I will be donning a cap and gown surrounded by family and friends that have supported me through the last four years. Yet, I hardly...
In the wake of the recent, tragic mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., Uvalde, Texas and the countless shootings in the nation’s largest cities this past month, America is about to enter yet another battle...
The Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas took the lives of 19 children and two teachers. It’s a catastrophic and devastating tragedy that should prompt legislative outcry. But in the United...
I got my first panic attack in months this week.
It was more of a bummer for me than anything else. It had been so long since I had one that I thought I might not have to worry about them anymore, as...
Vanessa Ramos, La DePaulia Multimedia Editor
• May 22, 2022
Fatphobia is the fear of fat and obese bodies; many Latinos have normalized commentary about their families bodies, lifestyle, what they eat, the amount of exercise they do and how they dress. But some...
Journalism is a major that heavily relies on real-world experience, rather than classroom performance, to find success after graduation.
I realized this as early as sophomore year. I started tweeting...
When I moved into my dorm in September, there was always the possibility I’d contract Covid-19. Throughout my time as an on-campus resident, I wasn’t aware of what the protocols were when someone did...
After the leak of a document of the Supreme Court obtained by Politico suggested that the votes to overturn Roe v. Wade have already been cast, a debate about reproductive rights and bodily autonomy has...
