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Editorial: Hate is present

By Editorial Board Mar 27, 2019

Much has been written about the increase in hate crimes over the past three years. According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report they have increased 17 percent from 2016-17. California is not immune...

Young mindset spurs minimalist outlook

Young mindset spurs minimalist outlook

By Daniel Hernandez, Advocate Staff Mar 27, 2019

Almost everyone my age has access to media outlets at their fingertips. On our phones we can scroll through Instagram, see all the models and their chic outfits, open Spotify to listen to the newest...

Editorial: Exposing a wrong

By Editorial Board Mar 20, 2019

With any student-run endeavor, mistakes are bound to happen and student-journalists are not immune to this reality. Student-journalists at this college receive the Canons of Community College Journalism...

Pongphop "Mickie" Rattanasangchod (right) fist bumps his teammate Min-seok "OGE" Son during an Overwatch League match.

Gaming professionals need league support

By Xavier Johnson, Web Editor Mar 20, 2019

From packing approximately 2,000 people in a room to watch “Starcraft” to selling out Madison Square Garden for the League of Legends World Championships, esports is consistently growing...

Editorial: Toxic relationship

Editorial: Toxic relationship

By Editorial Board Mar 13, 2019

In the predawn hours of March 6, the Chevron Refinery in Richmond issued a warning to local residents about potential flaring in a processing unit caused by a power outage. The alert and subsequent...

Hunting for sport blurs moral compass

Hunting for sport blurs moral compass

By Michael Santone, Editor-in-Chief Mar 13, 2019

Since the dawn of human evolution, sports and sporting events have contributed to human growth and development by incorporating skills used to survive with competitive activity. Oftentimes, a fun spirited...

Ancestry DNA results generate inner conflict

Ancestry DNA results generate inner conflict

By Jessica Suico, News Editor Mar 6, 2019

When I got my AncestryDNA results back everything I thought was my ancestry and ethnicity changed in the blink of an eye. For my entire life, through my mother’s life and my grandmother’s life,...

Editorial: Fishing for information

Editorial: Fishing for information

By Editorial Board Mar 6, 2019

Over the past few years, it has become increasingly difficult to determine which side of a story is true, if information is factual, or if the phenomenon of fake news has leaked into every aspect of fact-finding...

Can you feel the Bern, again?

Can you feel the Bern, again?

By Jose Arebalo, Scene Editor Feb 27, 2019

The world was a different place in 2015. Presidents still had decorum, the #metoo movement was still unborn and the nation’s public moral conversations of today had yet to begin. In the middle of...

Smollet hoax sets back the LGBTQ community, sheds negative light

Smollet hoax sets back the LGBTQ community, sheds negative light

By Michael Santone, Editor-In-Chief Feb 27, 2019

Too often when individuals of the LGBT and black communities find themselves at the center of negative attention, the whole community seems to suffer the consequences. When one individual’s actions...

The Student and Administration Building includes the bookstore, Brix,Pronto, and faculty and staff office. The building also houses student recreation rooms on the first floor.

Editorial: ASU fails to maintain campus relationship

By Advocate Staff Feb 27, 2019

With the collective focus of the campus community firmly placed on administrative changes that have been happening over the past year, many of the other changes on campus have possibly been overlooked. In...

Boycotting Israel is a constitutional right

Boycotting Israel is a constitutional right

By Denis Perez, Creative Director Feb 13, 2019

In 2018, 29 Republican and 14 Democratic U.S. senators wanted to make it illegal for businesses and business owners to boycott Israel through an unconstitutional bill, Senate Bill 720, that violates the...

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