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‘I’m 20 years old and nothing makes a whole lot of sense’

Leah Baena May 11, 2015

I’m 20 years old and nothing makes a whole lot of sense. I sipped my coffee slow this morning, two cups. As I looked out into the stillness of my backyard, I knew it was going to be a good day to...

Students change major frequently, candidates to lose financial aid

Students change major frequently, candidates to lose financial aid

Leah Baena March 30, 2015

College students are letting the major they select define them, rather than assessing themselves and defining the major. This means wasted classroom time and takes costly chances for losing Financial Aid. While...

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We should strive for equality, not labels

Leah Baena March 30, 2015

A group known as “Meninists,” have flooded social media sites such as Twitter and Tumblr, with men empowerment and now their negative attention is spreading like wildfire. We’re talking the F...

Palomar’s Russell plays on in honor of father

Leah Baena March 30, 2015

Tink. Pop. Tink. Pop. The ball hits the metal bat and flies to the outfield. Their cleats touch the plate as they square off their bodies in preparation for what’s coming at them. To speculators,...

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‘I’m not having sex until I’m married’

Leah Baena March 30, 2015

In a culture where strangers share beds for a night, true love is an endangered species inching its way toward extinction. This is a world where the brokenhearted sleep together for a night and wait...

‘Chillax’ at Kettle Coffee & Tea

Leah Baena March 9, 2015

You’re a hard-working college student dealing with pressures from work, personal life and your nagging professors. The last thing you need is the guilt that lingers after caffeinating in an attempt to...

Poetry students find their voice

Poetry students find their voice

Leah Baena February 26, 2015

The poetic lines that spin through your head throughout the day have an opportunity to be told. While it may not be classified as a degree, Palomar students have the opportunity to take their poetry...

Dakota Johnson in Fifty Shades of Grey (2015). (Photo courtesy Universal Pictures/TNS)

‘50 Shades of Grey,’ other media promotes rape culture

Leah Baena February 24, 2015

A woman agreeing to sex out of fear, is not the same as consent. We are living in the midst of a rape culture. Sex has become even more so belittled by a countless amount of erotic films, novels and...

Marijuana is one of the many illegal substances affected by Prop. 47. Since its passage, nonviolent crimes have shorter penalties and drug possession has been reduced to a misdemeanor. (Angela Marie Samora/The Telescope)

New law does anything but provide protection

Leah Baena December 8, 2014

California just banned felony charges toward crimes such as gun theft and date rape drug possession with Proposition 47. These crimes will now be charged as just misdemeanors. This is plain wrong. Possession...

Critiquing the rebel symbol: ‘Mockingjay’

Critiquing the rebel symbol: ‘Mockingjay’

Leah Baena December 8, 2014

Have you ever had a half-baked pizza, the way it’s doughy and sloppy and not at all satisfying to your expectations? If so then you have experienced something similar to the response of “Hunger Games”...

Entertaining pageant or childhood exploitation?

Entertaining pageant or childhood exploitation?

Leah Baena November 3, 2014

Spray tans, fake nails, caked on make up and provocative costumes. Where is the line drawn between entertainment purposes and sexualizing a toddler as a form of child abuse? Is it going to take an...

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World Language professors share struggles, triumphs

Leah Baena November 3, 2014

For the third year in a row, Palomar’s World Language Department invited foreign language faculty from California State University San Marcos and MiraCosta College Oct. 24 to network and help students. “The...

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