Congresswoman inspires
NICK CAMPBELL, Staff writer
November 29, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Perspectives
As the semester comes to a close, many events have occurred that affect our lives, one way or another. For many students here at Los Medanos College, we came here with a goal of graduating and taking on the world. The underlying theme to being a student is to reach our full potential. No single event...
California fires spark Twitter beef
NICK CAMPBELL, @nicky_charles
November 15, 2018
Filed under Editorial
Butte County and much of Southern California is on fire, and with devastation also comes the side effects of a massive wildfire. Aside from the obvious, things like property damage and a drain on resources, people have been killed or injured. As of today, the number of victims have been estimated at ...
New coalition to be reckoned with
Nick Campbell, @nicky_charles
November 8, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Perspectives
In what seemed like an election that would never arrive, the 2018 midterm elections are finally in the books. It was anti-climatic as the Democratic Party took control of the House of Representatives as predicted. The Republicans maintained control of the Senate as predicted as well. As the political pundi...
The 14th Amendment revisited
Nick Campbell, @nicky_charles
November 1, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Perspectives
President Trump, in a desperate attempt to fire up his base ahead of the midterms, has now found a new boogeyman to focus on. The caravan of migrants didn’t work, so he’s turned to the outrageous idea of repealing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. This would impact so-called “ancho...
Migrants used as political fodder
Nick Campbell, @nicky_charles
October 25, 2018
Filed under Editorial
With the consequential midterm elections looming, immigration is sure to be a hot bed issue. One could argue it will be more contentious this election, especially considering the massive caravan of migrants working their way to the United States border. President Trump, infamous for his disdain of...
Trump’s defense of the Saudi’s is pitiful
Robert Pierce, @RobertP_EXP
October 19, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Perspectives
President Trump’s response to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is pathetic and sad. Despite a mounting pile of objective evidence up including audio and video recordings implicating the Saudis as the party responsible for Khashoggi’s gruesome murder, Trump has doubled down in defense o...
The Trump Admin ignores the IPCC
Nick Campbell, @nicky_charles
October 11, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Perspectives
There's a running joke about the Trump Administration on social media. It is a narrative about people wondering if World War III or some catastrophic event happened as they slept. Fate, it would appear, is not without a sense of irony. A report issued Oct. 8 by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Clim...
The far reaches of racism
Nick Campbell, Staff Writer
September 13, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Perspectives
On Saturday, Sept. 8, the U.S. Open gave us a historical match up. Serena Williams going for a record tying 24th Grand Slam title against Naomi Osaka who was vying to win her first Grand Slam title and be the first Japanese player to accomplish the feat. The controversy attached to this match became w...
Prioritize mental health
Brenna Enos, benos@lmcexperience.com
May 3, 2018
Filed under Editorial
Have you ever sacrificed your mental health due to an overload of school assignments? Perhaps you’ve kept yourself awake into the early hours of the morning to finish a project. Maybe you’ve pushed away your relationships, because they’ve become too distracting. Or you have even had a mental breakdown,...
First Amendment stands
Experience Staff, twitter.com/lilly_montero3
April 26, 2018
Filed under Editorial
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/987696355341553665?tfw_site=essence&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.essence.com%2Fnews%2Fcandace-owens-kanye-west-conservative Rapper Kanye West set off a political firestorm on Twitter Monday when he tweeted “I love the way Candace Owen th...
Missile strikes unethical
Experience Staff, twitter.com/
April 18, 2018
Filed under Editorial
President Trump, in a coalition with Britain and France, recently launched a series of missiles against several government sites in Syria connected to the country’s chemical weapons program. The strike was supposedly done in retaliation to an earlier chemical attack that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...
Trump quiet on brutality
April 9, 2018
Filed under Editorial
The shooting of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man in Sacramento has reignited protests against excessive use of force and police brutality against the black community. After being cornered in his grandmother’s backyard and reaching for his cell phone, the two officers fired 20 rounds on Clark, ei...
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