Donald Trump should unfollow Twitter
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
June 28, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Politics, Showcase
Social media is a blessing and a curse. Sure, it’s great to stay in touch with family and friends, but it can also be an overload of information. Personally, I don’t need an update of your life every minute of the day, but it does help people be transparent, somewhat. The President of t...
Undocumented students find support on East Bay campus
Kamille De Guzman,
Contributor
May 3, 2017
Facts about what exactly happened to Juan Manuel Montes in Calexico, California on Feb. 17 have been in question, but reports confirm that the 23-year-old was detained and eventually deported by the U.S Customs and Border Patrol, according to USA Today. Montes lived in the U.S. since age 9 and ha...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America’s president
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
March 8, 2017
Filed under Politics
What Happened? On Saturday, President Donald J. Trump went on Twitter and said his predecessor, Barack Obama, tapped his phone lines at his residence at Trump Tower in New York. President Trump blasted Obama through his verified social media account that accused the former leader of monitoring phone conversations in 20...
Berkeley celebrates Obama era
Marcus Bishop,
Contributor
February 1, 2017
Filed under Metro
Attendees greeted each other with hugs and high-fives. They drank beer, embraced, smiled, laughed and danced to the brass band sounds of “The Saints Go Marching In,” “Lean on Me” and “The Hokie Pokie.” It seemed as if they already knew one another, but many were complete strangers before ...
Republicans are wrong about Obama
Sean McCarthy,
Staff Writer
August 24, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Politics, Showcase
Republican rhetoric is like the piece of gum stuck to the bottom of your shoe: You just need to wait for it to dry, harden and fall off. Republicans have been at war with President Barack Obama since he was first elected in 2008, and have tried to find any flaw that they can in his successful ten...
Activist guides immigrants to citizenship
Fernando J. Ramirez, Contributor
October 15, 2015
Filed under Metro
As the presidential race intensifies, so does the issue of illegal immigration, and ordinary Americans like Flor Soto are acting swiftly to help immigrants obtain legal status. In a classroom behind St. Michael Catholic Church in Livermore, Soto, leader of the Hermanos De Jesus Community Center at...
CSUEB graduate interns in Nation’s Capitol
Louis LaVenture,
Sports and Campus Editor
June 25, 2015
Most people in a position of power in Washington D.C. don’t come from Fremont. However an East Bay native is trying to change that in a hurry. California State University, East Bay 2014 graduate Erin McDonough recently wrapped up her internship within the Executive Office of the President of the U...
Full text: Obama’s immigration speech
November 20, 2014
Filed under Politics
President Barack Obama nation address, as prepared for delivery, on his plan to resolve the issues regarding immigration and protect over 5 million immigrants from being deported. My fellow Americans, tonight, I'd like to talk with you about immigration. For more than 200 years, our trad...
Obama and Oil Spill
May 11, 2010
Filed under Metro
In light of the large oil spill plaguing the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama administration has decided to put new offshore drilling on-hold. "No additional drilling has been authorized and none will until we find out what happened here and whether there was something unique and preventable here," said...
