culture – The Advocate

Ancestry DNA results generate inner conflict

March 6, 2019

Indigenous beauty tests society’s view

February 6, 2019

Polynesian dancer Raven Mapanal dances Hitoto Otea outside of Fireside Hall during DACAWeek’s Multicultural Night on Wednesday.

Cultural celebration unites campus

October 24, 2018

Students put away tables after the student town hall event finished early because of the lack of administrative participation in the Fireside Hall on Thursday.

Undocumented students share their journeys

October 24, 2018

Richard ‘Cheech’ Marin highlights education and culture in candid conversation

October 3, 2018

La Raza studies professor Augustine Palacios paints a butterfly during the “Exist to Resist” art show in Fireside Hall on May 2.

La Raza culture embraced in art

May 16, 2018

La Llorona, played by Silvia Sobal, weeps as she wanders eternally looking for her drowned children in “The Cries of La Llorona,” currently running in the Knox Center. The play continues Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Play explores feminist arc through cultural folklore

April 10, 2018

Male perspective clouds reality of egalitarian life

By Alondra Gallardo, Opinion Editor

March 21, 2018

Inside the society we live in we all have roles that we are expected to take on so that as a whole we can function in a somewhat orderly fashion. However, when we live in a society that is built up by only one side of the popu...

Icon personifies role model

February 28, 2018

Kiazi Malonga (right) and Fua Dia Congo (left) play drums during the annual African Heritage Month celebration in the Knox Center on Thursday night from 6-8 p.m.

Celebration honors African history, intellectual heritage

February 6, 2018

Muslim Student Association President Rayah Alammari wears a Niqab, a full body garment with a veil that only shows her eyes, by choice every day as part of her devotion to the Islamic faith.

Leader manifests solidarity through religious awareness

November 14, 2017

Machismo culture honors men, demeans women

By Alondra Gallardo, Advocate Staff

November 7, 2017

As a Latina, I will not forget the day I sat in the doctor’s office with my adult guardian and the doctor telling me I am due for my Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine (HPV) Vaccine — a shot recommended for young adults that h...