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Coachella: New friends, vibes, psychedelics > music

Yousif Kassab | April 27, 2015

It’s safe to say that the majority of people attending Coachella in Indio are not experiencing enough to justify the cost of the event. Most people see Coachella as a yearly opportunity to indulge...

Electronic music not forcing out traditional instruments

Ryan Vermont | April 27, 2015

With musical technology continuing to advance, music is not staying 100 percent natural. Styles, fads and trends continue to change and the sound of music is forced to adapt. Synthetic music seems to...

DASB president attacks fellow senator

La Voz Staff | April 27, 2015

The proposed Baylands festival is too ambitious and will consume too much of the budget that should be used on other projects. Moreover, the arguments are getting far too personal. The initial proposal...

Gender equality in social media: #ASKHERMORE

Kayla Jimenez, Staff Writer | April 21, 2015

Entertainment based media outlets need to re-evaluate the topics they assign to reporters who interview female public figures in order to catch up with the progression of gender equality. Recent trending...

Sex assault story retracted: a journalism lesson learned

Editorial Board | April 21, 2015

The University of Virginia gang rape story Rolling Stone Magazine published last year would have been an influential story about rape on university campuses, if only it had been true. To quickly recap:...

Twitter terror

Alejandra Cabrera, Staff Writer | March 19, 2015

The Internet is both a wonderful and a terrible creation. There is good and there is evil. Though some may say the good far outweighs the evil, the evil still exists. One of the best things about the...

Con: Don’t make killing legal

Adam Del Rio, Staff Writer | March 10, 2015

Search voluntary euthanasia videos on YouTube. Your heart will break as you witness the distressing scenes of people around the world giving up on their lives. Physician- assisted suicide may relieve...

Pro: Improve quality of life

Bala Gunaseelan, Staff Writer | March 10, 2015

Early on in American history, the general population in the U.S. was against assisting any patient to commit suicide under any circumstances, or in other words, euthanasia. However, the majority began...

Quintessential college experience not all it’s hyped up to be

Imran Najam, Staff Writer | March 5, 2015

Frat parties, student council and the freedom of living on your own. Community college counselors will most likely tell you that you’re not missing out on this college experience by attending their...

Media misrepresented Chapel Hill facts

Geena Gonzales | March 5, 2015

Three Muslim students were shot and killed in an apartment complex near the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill on Feb. 11. When the story first broke, it gained very little news coverage within...