3D Printer
Located in the Applied Technology building at Pierce College a 3D printer sits in Assistant Professor Elizabeth Cheung’s room. The lights above the printer give it a glow of attraction.
Cheung, holding a jet-black 8-by-8 plastic tray, pulled open the translucent door and placed the tray in the printer. She pressed Start and the tray began to move back and...
Not Her First Rodeo
From the little wooden sound box, located to the left of the chute, “Austyn Campbell, you are next on deck,” bellows from the speakers. It is 9 a.m., and the sun has barely began to heat up the day. The nervous impatient woman sits atop her eager gelding just waiting for the alarm to sound and for the gate...
Ghostly Encounters
Story By: Jeffrey Gonzalez
No physical evidence of ghosts exists on earth; however, ghosts have been defined as apparitions, translucent shapes, spirits or souls of a dead person or even animals. In Roman history, Pliny the Younger, an author and statesman, recorded one of the first notable ghost stories in the first century A.D.
As the years have gone by the...
Meet the New iSitter
Story By: Alvaro Gomez
The catchy cartoon jingle of “Little Einsteins” is drowned out by the even louder sound of an iPad. Inches away from the SmartGlass screen, fixated on the device held to his face, a toddler perches on his elbows and ignores the world around him while his mother picks up after him.
Gabriela Lopez, the boy’s mother, walks...
On a Wing and a Prayer
Story By: Silvik Hagopian
Aviation has come a long way since the Wright brothers first took flight. Though now incorporated into the cycle of modern day life, few can say they’ve flown or been in an open cockpit biplane. Not chafing away the raw experience of flying, there’s something different about seeing the world 360 degrees openly; feeling the wind...
Escape in LA
Story By: Lital Shoshan
Themed restaurants bring the concept of combining design with food and taking people somewhere else. It’s a new way to travel without leaving the city. New adventures and experiences await with unique food and diverse cultures.
1940s America
A bright red-and-white room, candy-striped uniforms. The feel of old America, having a milkshake with French fries.
One themed restaurant is...
From Teens to Marines
Story By: Raymond Chavez Rodriguez Jr.
In the intense hot heat of the summer day, in the football stadium at Los Angeles Valley College, parents are waiting patiently in the bleachers. The sun continues to beat down on them. They are uncomfortable; they seem to be suspended in a shared state of calm anticipation.
The silence is broken as cheers erupt...
The Reality of Urban Murals
Story By: Jonathan Pineda
Graffiti is a creative street art that has proven to be one of the more intense and attractive kinds of street art.
Graffiti may have existed since the beginning of time when cavemen wrote on stone walls during the 19th century. As cultures evolved, Egyptians wrote on the pyramids, temples and tomb walls.
Graffiti has not always been...
The Hidden Hurt
Story By: Lynn Levitt
It is midday and the sun is beating down on the traffic-filled street. A yellow cab pulls up to the curb and an attractive, petite, well dressed female pays the driver and stiffly makes her way to a restaurant patio. She sits away from the sun, leaves her sunglasses on and puts plugs in her ears....
One Step at a Time
Story By: Kashish Nizami
Wriggling her toes to remove a strand of seaweed, a 20-year-old girl looks out toward the emerald-tinted ocean determined to catch a wave. She studies it for a few moments with her left hand shielding her eyes from the bright sun, before resolving with one swift nod that this time she’s going to do it.
She raises...