The Met Gala wasn’t disrespecting Catholicism
May 8, 2018
Filed under Opinion
The Catholics getting offended by the Met Gala’s latest theme, “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination," are making it shameful to have any association with the church. On Monday night celebrities showed off outfits inspired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s next Costume Institute...
Kanye West’s call to freedom from thought
May 8, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Opinion, Showcase
Over the past few weeks, Kanye West has been tweeting and making public statements which are objectively insane and has been doing so under the guise of being a free thinker. What does he mean by this? It would be more accurate to say that he isn't a free thinker at all, if anything his words are indir...
Star Wars is losing ground to Avengers
May 8, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Is the Avengers more popular than Star Wars to the younger generation? With recent box office developments, it certainly seems that this is the case. The Avengers is not obsessed with nostalgia like Star Wars is, thus catering to an older generation, making it less popular with the newer generation. Star...
Free speech zone: conversion therapy
May 1, 2018
Filed under Free Speech Zone, Opinion
Should adults have the choice to under go gay conversion therapy or should the government ban it? Explain why.Casey Piotrowski, theatre arts instructor“Well I believe you can have a choice, but I don’t think it’ll do any good. It’s like trying to change the color of your eyes. But it’s a fre...
‘Heterophobic homosexuals’ do not need conversion therapy
May 1, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Opinion, Showcase
Freedom to choose conversion therapy, which is rooted in hateful and harmful ideologies perpetuated by homophobes, should not be a choice offered to LGBTQ people in the first place. In a recent letter to the editor, Wayne Lela considered it an insult to the “intelligence of people” that California legislators are considering Assembly Bill 2943, which woul...
The free market will destroy gay conversion therapy
May 1, 2018
Filed under Opinion
California is trying to pass a law that would ban gay conversion therapy for adults and the moral police are having a cow. Though there are reasons to see the procedure as harmful, the practice itself should be done away with not through government intervention, but instead with better information. One...
Letter to the editor by Wayne Lela
May 1, 2018
Filed under Letters to Editor, Opinion
(Letter to the editor re AB-2943) In yet another insult to the intelligence of people, some California legislators are actually considering a bill (AB-2943) that would make it illegal for a consenting adult to receive therapy to try to resolve unwanted same-sex attractions or gender confusion. Hello!...
Avengers: Infinity War warming up for box office success
April 27, 2018
Filed under Opinion
The Marvel Cinematic Universe's most recent installment "Avengers: Infinity War" is going to be one of the best superhero movies of the year.The MCU is the most dominant franchise centered on superhero films today.If you're not a fan of seeing a crapload of superheroes on screen for two hours and 29 ...
WWE surrenders to misogyny
April 24, 2018
Filed under Opinion
On April 27 the World Wrestling Entertainment will hold "The Greatest Royal Rumble" event in Saudi Arabia and it has been announced that they will capitulate to the country's misogynistic views on women by not having them perform that night. What a spineless move by WWE, they decided that money was much ...
Coachella Concertgoers Please Return Your Woke Cards
April 24, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Opinion, Showcase
It comes to no surprise that the owner of Coachella is a rich old man that promotes anti-LGBTQ organizations, but that doesn’t stop people from attending his festivals. Recently 78-year-old billionaire Philip Anschutz has gone under fire for donating a sizeable amount of money to three specific...
