Share: Yolanda Saldivar, Selena Quintanilla’s killer, will be releasing a documentary after almost 3 decades in prison. In this documentary, Saldivar claims she will “set the record straight” by tracing back the events prior to the Tejano music singer’s tragic death. In the documentary, the focus is heavily on Yolanda’s side of the story and the events leading up to Selena’s death, but in an attempt to expose her story, it is obvious that once again producers tap into the giant profit source that is …
Associated Students hosts Earth Day movie night
Share: On April 25, the Associated Students Student Services (ASSS) showed “The True Cost,” a documentary released in 2015 that uncovers the underbelly of fast fashion, a term used to describe inexpensive clothing being mass produced and how it affects the Earth. The film was screened in the Wi-Fi lounge and the Associated Students provided free snacks and drinks for all, as well as necessities for the homeless. Follow:
‘Take Your Pills‘: The age of stimulants
Share: The issue of doping in sports has with regular intervals received attention in the international press during the past decade. The Olympic Committee and some of the biggest international sports federations partnered two decades ago to established the World Anti-Doping Agency in an attempt to catch athletes who use performance-enhancing drugs to gain leverage. While many of us may have left the world of competitive sports as we graduated from high school and therefore feel that the world of sports doping is a world …
‘Dirty Money’: This is what rouge capitalism looks like
Share: Imagine a lawyer describing in an interview; “They were actually going to have a human sitting on an exercise bike. They would then be exposed to gas directly from the diesel vehicles. And then, they would poke and prod that person later to determine, uh, what type of health effects they would see from this person being gassed.” This lawyer would then go on to say, “Obviously, one cannot help to think back throughout the history of another series of events involving individuals being …
‘When Justice Isn’t Just’ delves into police brutality
Share: People started gathering outside the Westerbeck Recital Hall last Thursday at Pasadena City College (PCC) at least half an hour before the screening of “When Justice Isn’t Just.” By the time lights were turned off inside the theater, 250 people were sitting in silence. Follow: