Author Archive for Nidia Sandoval
Relationships: Living In The Social Media Paradigm
Back in the day, when a phone rang, someone would have to answer, and the identity of the caller was unknown, so there was an element of mystery to a call. “Is it my mother? That person I’m trying to cut from my life because they’re so annoying? Is it that bastard calling to say [...]
Fairness For The Fairer Sex (Nidia)
EDITORS NOTE: The print edition of this piece incorrectly states that Jeantte Reveles wrote this article. The correct author of this Nidia Sandoval. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has lifted the ban on women taking combat roles. Though units like Delta Force and the Green Berets can still petition to have women excluded if they can [...]
The Dramatic Detriment Of The Not-So-Holy Holidays
Christmas lights have been strung off trees, while iPods fresh from their boxes are still being tapped and explored. Santa and his reindeer have been deflated, boxed and stuffed into attics. Homeowners continue to de-string their homes of lights and pulling out their candy cane lawn ornaments. The New Year’s confetti has been swept from [...]
This Is The End, My Sweetest Friend
Our planet, spherical and regally blue, will be engulfed by its sun. Flames laced with radiation will stretch across space and melt our atmosphere. Our earth will be scorched till all that remains is a blackened world filled with the charred, smoldering remnants of extinct civilizations. The end of humanity is upon us, supposedly. Dec. [...]
American Consumerism: Pro
Holidays are dreadful. For me, they are family obligations, like weddings and anniversary parties. I don’t abhor family gatherings, but if the NFL chose not to air a marathon of football games during every holiday, then perhaps I’d be less annoyed. But what irritates me more than our culture’s acceptance of aggressive masculinity is the [...]
Three Strikes: You’re Outta There!
State corrections officials will be dismissing 9,200 arrest warrants for parole violators, based on a review if the warrant is old or no one is looking for the parole. This is only one of the many measures our state has taken to comply with the Supreme Court ruling of 2011, which ordered California to reduce [...]
Great American Divide
We revel in the supposed greatness of our nation. Our international dignity rests on the shoulders of cultural icons, technological breakthroughs and military power, but our treatment of the meekest of society taints this illusion of grandeur. The United States is home to many icons, which have come to symbolize capitalism, leisure and modernity. There [...]
Whose Island is It, Anyway?
While we end our summer with buckets of sweat and political ads, China ends the season by putting out fires ignited by civil unrest, patriotic fervor and rage. But like most national feuds there is more than one narration being shoved into the public sphere. In early September, Japan purchased the Diaoyu islands then later [...]
Gun Control (Con)
Unlike in the movies, there is no foreshadowing moment to warn us of the danger to come or eerie music that precedes the crazed killer. A horrific moment like the shooting in Aurora, Colo., violently shakes us, then vanishes, leaving behind the crumpled pieces of a once ordinary day. Every year we are reminded of [...]
All Children Left Behind
As we become more blinded by our pointless attempts at achieving educational perfection, we are creating a fabricated intelligence. And in doing so, we are embedding rudimentary skills into a millions of students and passing it off as learning.
