Tradition nonexistent in my college experience
Rebecca Olmos,
Staff Writer
June 14, 2018
Graduation is here. After all the late nights, early mornings and endless study sessions, the graduating classes of 2018 will walk the stage June 8-10. A quick Google search of CSU East Bay shows that the campus receives average scores from undergraduate students on college review websites like Niche.com...
Speaker explains ‘traveling blackness’
Veronica Hall,
Head Layout Designer
October 19, 2017
Sounds of Celia Cruz and The Fugees carried through the atmosphere as students and faculty filed into the Biella Room of CSU East Bay’s library on Monday. The music was catchy but held a deeper meaning to guest speaker Dr. Manoucheka Celeste. Her presentation titled “Constructing & Crossing ...
Christina Galanakis
Christina Galanakis,
Contributor
August 25, 2017
The Cuban Mafioso Havana is rich in character from every nook and cranny, so it’s almost impossible to produce images less than perfect. While exploring Havana on this particular day, however, I witnessed a moment in time so picture-perfect that I felt the immediate need to stop and capture it. ...
My internship with the Los Angeles Sparks
Marissa Marshall,
Staff Writer
July 19, 2017
I’ve worked with the Los Angeles Sparks as a game operations and entertainment intern for about a month and a half and it’s been fantastic. Every day I learn about the execution process of halftime entertainment, camera cues for broadcasts, game day operations and so much more. But rec...
Rough road ahead for journalists in Trump era
Daniel McGuire,
Contributor
July 19, 2017
Since his January 2017 Presidential Inauguration, Donald Trump has verbally attacked the press. His attacks have focused on corporate media companies such as CNN, ABC, NBC News, CBS, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, which he pejoratively brands “fake news” or “fake media.” On July 2,...
Off the grid, out of country: Visualizing two weeks in Havana, Cuba
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
July 5, 2017
Just two months shy of my 24th birthday, I had never traveled outside of the United States. That changed on Friday when Havana, Cuba became my home for the next two weeks. Approximately 25 Cal State East Bay students will experience two weeks with limited phone service, wifi or contact with the...
Ramadan challenges, rewards
Samerah Begzad,
Contributor
June 22, 2017
As a Muslim American, I was taught from a young age the importance of celebrating the Holy month of Ramadan. In Islam, we are taught to fulfill the five pillars: Faith, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, and pilgrimage to Mecca. Ramadan, during which we are not supposed to eat for the majority of the day, is...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
March 1, 2017
What happened? On Tuesday President Donald Trump spoke to a joint congress session in Washington, D.C. The White House also banned several media outlets from a briefing on Friday. Speech For the first time since taking office more than a month ago, Trump delivered a speech that seemed to try and unify the country. He...
Donald Trump bashes media
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
February 22, 2017
On Feb. 18 the president of the United States of America let the media have it. According to CNN, thousands of supporters attended while hundreds protested outside a rally in Florida on Saturday, at which Trump called the news media in America, “the enemy of the American people.” Trump began S...
Letter to the Editor
Robert B. Wister,
Hayward Resident
November 30, 2016
Each election cycle we are confronted with closed streets for paving ONLY in the three months before election vote time. Watch the street paving frenzy come to a screeching halt the day of the election. Where are these workers for the preceding eighteen months? Who is paying them during their time o...
The media must be held accountable for dividing this country
Yousuf Fahimuddin,
Contributor
November 17, 2016
The current political climate in this country is the most toxic it’s been in my lifetime. In a mad dash to prove themselves right—because nothing is worse than a newspaper admitting that it got something wrong—they’re spreading false information. “Big media” outlets like CNN, Huffington Post, ...
It’s ok to be uncomfortable with PDA
Bryan Cordova, Managing Editor
February 20, 2015
With support growing for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Ally, or LGBTQIA community across media platforms, I can’t help but notice how many TV shows like “Scandal,” “Elementary,” and “The Originals,” display same sex affections on a regular basis. It makes me ...
