Subculture

With the recent social net trend being nostalgic or “retro” fashion and music circa 1990-2009 I thought it was high time I give all my Millennial readers a shout out. Although there are some fads that should stay buried in the past (I’m looking at you cheesy choker necklaces and platform sneakers) I got to admit that our generation...

As many of my dashing readers know, my siblings and I are the latest editions to a long line of proud Germans. With Krieger and Venable on my mothers side and Stover, Heinreich, and Backovic on my fathers side it is impossible for anyone not to know our Deutsch roots. However with that said, many people who aren’t “In...

My search for the prefect Brony was going no where fast. I had walked around campus and found guys who would point and accuse each other like if it was some kind of sickness. “I’m not, but you know who is…” I would constantly hear that from guys who I would approach.  Either that or “No! I’m not a Brony,...

I had done it. I had found a Brony. His name was Trinidad Gomez, and he was one of the administrators of the “Meetup” that I had gone to. His story of how he was in deep depression when he found the fandom was becoming common among Bronies that I had met. Shy at first, Gomez let others share their...

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my blog. My name is Monica Velasquez, and I’m currently a writer for The Bull. It is the Pierce College student-run magazine under the direction of Genna Gold. Check out our website at thebullmag.com. The goal of my blog is to give you an inside look of the making the magazine, including the article...

Welcome back bloggers! It has been crazy busy in the news room since the last time I blogged. Everyone is running around getting all the last minute touches done with their stories. Our deadline is right around the corner and I’m not going to lie, things have gone from stress free to stressful. With everyone’s schedule being so packed,...

Welcome back once again bloggers. Last week a classmate and I made the trip out to Arleta to meet up with our subject Emelyne and her family. We were greeted and welcomed inside. We met Emelyne’s parents Edwin and Shirley Batugo, along with her older sibling Aaron. We got to know a little bit about what they do and...

Alright so finally after waiting and much preparation later, I had my interview with Emelyne! I didn’t notice how nervous I was until we began the interview and I found myself using ummm a lot. Not to worry I did correct myself and managed to moved past my shyness. Kristine and I set out on campus to meet Emelyne at...

Welcome back fellow bloggers and readers. This week two fellow classmates/photographers and I met up with Emelyne. Finally we had our photo shoot scheduled after weeks of us being too busy, we decided to meet at the Pierce College Farm. Once there we noticed how vast the farm really was. The land seemed to stretch on and on. We got...

Hello fellow bloggers and welcome back! So as of last time our stories for The Bull Magazine lead my classmates and I to places we’ve never been, which allowed us to meet new and interesting people. But along this path, we’ve found that at times finding and writing a good story can require a lot of work and digging. There...