By Alondra Olvera Tranquility: JFK addresses crisis in Cuba Imagine hearing a televised presidential speech that essentially informs you of a possible Nuclear War. How would you react? Presidents are leaders that are often faced with the challenge of giving their audience the most crucial news. As a result, they must dominate the usage of language and words to prevent the country from panicking by assuring them that the decision taken is the best for the nation. Many people

By Leslie Hernandez Calladita Te Ves Más Bonita In a world where the word “feminist” is a bigger threat to the government than a gun, and the inclusion of every new gender to be a part of this society has started a evolution towards a greater equality ever imagined; we often times misinterpret these acts of “progression” as a new beginning. Believing that we are erasing the misogynist past of our ancestors and are rewriting an ideal concept of what “life” should be like. Par

By Samantha Gallegos Studies have attempted to construct a framework that can enhance reading comprehension as well as the use of self-regulated strategies. Dobson claims that there are certain strategies that can help students, but teachers do not teach them because they are time consuming. So as Haas claims, students are doing less because they are just reading for information instead of content. A reason for this may be that the students do not understand certain

The first time I wanted to give up on research papers was when I was doing a dual enrollment assignment on technology. I really wanted to add my own opinion, until my classmates looked at me. They all looked at me like I was dumb for wanting to put my own opinion on a paper. They told me that I was not supposed to put my own opinion, that most of the paper was just copy pasting. These people were in the top majority of the class. I felt I really had to listen to them because

Many college students feel forced to take classes that don't seem to correlate with their majors; many college students have put the idea that the only way to be successful in life is by being book smart. This has led to college students failing those unwanted classes, lack of motivation to put in the effort to pass the class, and constant doubts/lack of confidence in one's self. If students don't have an understanding of why these curricular requirement classes are beneficia