By Samuel Hill
February 28, 2018
Filed under Columns, Opinion
Following the recent school-shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, where a former student killed 17 students and faculty, the internet has been ablaze with different arguments and opinions on how to end sc...
By Reyna Torres
December 6, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinion
In spring 2017 I decided to take a full-load of classes and I just started a new job.I enrolled in anthropology, math, journalism and joined the school's newspaper The Union as a staff writer. My mentality before entering the sem...
By Faith Petrie
November 20, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinion
In high school, students are expected to know everything from the college they want to attend, to the career they’d like to pursue all by the end of their senior year.
I barely knew what I would eat for lunch during my ...
By Dmitri Hansen
November 2, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinion
Finding love, or at least someone to click with seems so easy when scrolling on Twitter. A girl tweets, “Hit me up if you tryna fall in love,” a guy will hit her up and the next thing you know, they’ve been to...
By Oshari Arnett
October 19, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinion
In the spring of 2004 I was chosen by my school to recite a poem for my fifth grade graduation ceremony at Watts Learning Center. My initial attempt at reciting this poem for everyone at the ceremony was a disaster. I couldn&...
By Zach Hatakeyama
October 18, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinion
It is 10 p.m. and Parks and Recreation reruns are playing in the background and flashes of Leslie Knope and Ben Wyatt overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge appear out of the corner of my eye. Immediately, memories of my five mont...
By Jeremy Taylor
October 7, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinion
Taking a knee used to be a gesture that showed respect for a fallen teammate or an opponent, but nowadays it represents the most controversial stance in sports history. This simple act of kneeling during the National Anthem, w...
By Faith Petrie
September 25, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinion
As I waited in between classes, I chugged my scalding hot El Camino Cafe coffee and scarfed down a banana nut muffin attempting to pass the time. Among the celebrity gossip, selfies, and food porn, I came across a tweet that held...
By Don Perez
June 7, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinion
I knew there was something missing from El Camino when I drove up the 405 to a Costco to get some peace and quiet — a $1.45 blended latte.There's really no quiet place around campus to get a decent cold cup of coffee and s...
By Phil Sidavong
May 31, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinion
Student journalists are here to report the news, as truthfully as they can, so if the story affects the history of the college, they'll do their job and cover it as best as possible.It's a given that throughout a journalist's ...
By Don Perez
May 24, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinion
I wake up and hear the living dead walk by my room.The microwave gets turned on. I hear too many beeps, so I get up and fix my dad his coffee, as he forgot to put the cup in twice already.Zombie movies are popular, and accord...
By Jimmy Nguyen
May 22, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinion
It's 2011, I'm a junior at Gardena High School in Gardena, CA.It was around 10 a.m. and I thought it was a normal day. I was tired of my dull third period science class, so I decide to take a trip to the bathroom to have a ch...
