Graduate students, unions and faculty members protested against budget cuts, fee hikes and layoffs in front of Kerckhoff steps on Oct. 7. The protest, held by Affiliates of UC Fights Back, drew an estimated crowd of a hundred in order to raise awareness on the financial situation. Although the protest was organized by UCLA graduate […]
If you’re a time traveller about to go gallivanting into the medieval times, you should stop by the Echo Park Time Travel Mart to pick up any last-minute chain-link armor or bottled humors.
When some people meet Samantha Lim, they ask her, “What are you?” She says she doesn’t like that question, but it depends on how people ask. “I say that my dad’s from L.A. and my mom’s from El Salvador,” Lim said, current Editor in Chief of La Gente Newsmagazine. “But then they give me a […]
I was home for the weekend, eating dinner in the kitchen and talking to my mom about my week at school. It was last month, when the government made every effort to urge people to fill out the 2010 Census. So after seeing one of those TV census commercials, my mom told me she filled out every question of the famous survey.
The Aztec empire has been resurrected in—of all places—the mansion-riddled cliffs of the Pacific Palisades.
“La teta asustada” es la primera película Peruana en ser nominada para los Oscares en la categoría de mejor película extranjera. La directora Claudia Llosa, sobrina del famoso escritor Peruano Mario Vargas Llosa, nos presenta a Fausta, papel interpretado por la actriz Magaly Solier. Como el título lo sugiere, Fausta sufre de la teta asustada, una condición que resulta porque su madre fue violada cuando estaba embarazada de ella.
This is no specific formula by which homosexuals live. This is my story, my account as a Latina who is a lesbian, a human being that has a specific gender in which I find a perfect but imperfect connection.
Ever heard of a spelling bee that allowed you to consult the dictionary, skip to the next round, or make up a word? 826LA, a non-profit writing/tutoring center for kids, hosted A Spelling Bee for Cheaters, for participants who had obtained donations for the organization. The fundraiser was held at Lincoln Middle School on August […]
Winner of the ‘Best Feature’ award at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival 2010
Comedians at last Wednesday’s Punk House comedy show at the Westside Comedy Theatre used superficial topics such as Facebook, Twilight, vagazzling (yes, that is a portmanteau for bedazzling one’s vagina), and even a particularly austere audience member to get viewers to laugh.
So, when budding Mexican-American comedian Manuel Zermeno focused his performance on his gay identity, he immediately stood out.