As an almost-college-graduate, I am ready to take on the world one degree hotter and one entry-level job at a time. Many people my age enter the workforce with a feeling of entitlement and give all millennials a bad reputation. Some graduates enter the workforce expecting to be handed everything in life while doing the […]
As I procrastinated all of my essays and assignments, I started to scroll through my Twitter feed and found it to be flooded with GIFs, photos and thoughts about Netflix’s recent series, “13 Reasons Why.” I continued to procrastinate and watched all 13 episodes; this series made me quick to think instead of quick to […]
The motive behind global volunteerism determines the effect your actions have on people from developing countries. There are ethical concerns among activities such as painting a wall, building a house or playing with children from an orphanage because of the habit of documenting the experience, and mainly talking about how it changed you. Activities that […]
“It’s an interesting time for journalists,” people typically say as I tell them my major. “Yeah, it is,” I respond in the most nonchalant way I can muster. But what really is the underlying message in the “interesting times” of which these people speak? The Society of Professional Journalists code of ethics says to seek […]
Are you there, driver? It’s me, a pedestrian. With the recent commotion around campus due to the mass amount of construction on buildings and sidewalks, drivers have been inconvenienced with loss of parking space and loss of road to travel on which I, too, have been inconvenienced, driver. Instead of having the set path to […]
Many of us at California Baptist University were raised with some kind of Christian upbringing. We were taught to love Christ and love others. As we grow older, we learn more about who Christ is and what embodying his love looks like. However, there are also several students on this campus who do not know […]
When it comes to media nowadays, we are fortunate to have many outlets where information can be consumed: TV, online media, print, radio, magazines, newspapers etc. Yet, with so many outlets available, how is it that the majority of the population is still misinformed? The more I research, the more I find people misinformed by […]
“I need closure” and “I want to end on good terms,” says (almost) everyone after a relationship ends. Here’s a foreign thought: You don’t need it. You don’t need to have all of your questions answered and you don’t need to have a “final conversation” or that final “goodbye.” Sometimes, bridges have to burn and […]
When I first toured California Baptist University, I was obsessed. The campus was absolutely gorgeous. It resembled a resort and I was thrilled to be a part of such an incredible community. As the first soon-to-be college graduate in my family, I am constantly reminded of the honor it is to attend CBU and have […]
America is not filled with God’s chosen people. From a young age, I grew up with the idea the United States was a nation under God. I was told the Founding Fathers were believers and I needed to fight for Christian values. Here’s the thing: Patriotism is not bad, but holding America to the standard […]