Beaten, Broken, or Brilliant? (Occupy LA)
Dear Occupants of Los Angeles,
It’s me, one of the 99%ers. I’ve seen you around town. I’ve had some conversations with people who claim to represent the movement.
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Playing their roles
The bright sun is vibrant against the clear blue sky of the beach town park. It's certainly a lovely day for a bike ride... or a medieval battle.
The Arab Spring: In Retrospect
Sienna Jackson/Special to The Bull
The ‘Arab Spring' is the coined term for the 2010-11 wave of political unrest throughout the Middle East. From Tunisia to Egypt, Bahrain and Yemen, the citizens of Arab and Islamic nations throughout the region have risen against their governments.
This widespread demand for democratic rule across the Middle East could mark a turning point for...
Packed Together
Colette and Paul Pondella founded the Shadowland Foundation in 2009. Located in the Lake Hughes area, Shadowland is dedicated to educating people about the true nature of wolves and their contribution to the ecological balance the environment.
“The wolf has always been iconic,” Colette Pondella said.
Roman mythology tells of Romulus and Remus, abandoned to die in the Tiber river. The...
Neverending Education
Traditionally dressed in her orange robe and sandals, Venerable Phramaha Metta Medhavini certainly stands out on the Pierce College campus, though it may be the last place one might expect to find a Buddhist monk. Founder and Abbess of Wat Dharma Maitreya Temple in San Diego, Calif.
Casting call
Jonathan Koontz and Cyrus Zoghi are both former Pierce students who have been pursuing acting for years. This interview covers how the recession has affected their lives and their work.
Esha, dressed in white
Esha Momeni could not understand why the women of the One Million Signatures Campaign were not closer. So, she asked questions - a lot of questions. She got to know you before you realized what happened. It was a curiosity that gave the graduate student many friends at Cal State Northridge, but in Tehran, Iran on Oct.
The wants of a thief and the need of a samaritan
Posted by: Lorrie Reyes
Possessions and belongings are so often disregarded. Especially in today’s day and age with the help of technology, companies are constantly turning things over. We tend to get stuck in a chronic state of ‘want‘ and mix that feeling with a state of “need.”
It’s so easy to take things for granted.
I did this just last week....
A cut above the rest
If you want a salon, go next door, but if you're entering the Zone, you better bring your personality and you best be ready to talk sports.
The ‘Poverty’ Draft
Today's Army recruiters, falling behind in their quotas, are resorting to more sophisticated tactics, targeting the poor and minorities. "The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.