Angie Ybarra, Writer

September 26, 2023

What would you do for or because of love? Love is a very deep emotion and can be hard to navigate even for the well rounded person. If we consider what love is and what it...

Angie Ybarra, Writer

September 25, 2023

“Borderless” by Jennifer DeLeon is a young adult book that explores life in her South American homeland of Guatemala. The book follows the day to day life of Maya, our...

Ananth Prabhu, Sports Editor

September 18, 2023

"Never Have I Ever" is a Netflix-exclusive series about a first-generation adolescent Indian girl, named Devi Vishwakumar, played by actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, in her...

Bella Cardoza, Staff Writer

September 18, 2023

Recently, I had the opportunity to watch DC’s newest movie, “Blue Beetle". The movie follows Jaime Reyes, a Mexican American college student, who discovers an ancient...

Leslie Lozada, Editor in Chief

September 2, 2023

Directed by Greta Gerwig, known for her work on films like “Ladybird” and “Little Women,” directs “Barbie,”  the first live-action Mattel film since its inception...

Gabriel Gurrola, Campus Arts and Life Editor

September 1, 2023

Dedicated followers of the shark movie genre, enthusiasts of the “Jaws” series and those who eagerly anticipate the annual Shark Week events will find their cinematic...

Jason Nelson, Community Writer

September 1, 2023

  “New year, same shit.”  I hear this from my college friends as they trudge bravely into another 9 months of grind. I think I understand where they’re coming from....

Bella Cardoza, Staff Writer

September 1, 2023

  Are you patiently waiting for Halloween this year? Have you ever visited the sights of New Orleans? If you said yes to all of them, then you’re going to love...

Angie Ybarra, Writer

September 1, 2023

  The journey to graduation has been an enduring one, yet the final piece of the puzzle remains before I can stride across the stage to claim my well-earned diploma. ...

Leslie Lozada, Editor in Chief

September 1, 2023

Hello to everyone who is reading this piece,   As some of you might know, my name is Leslie Lozada, the Editor-In-Chief of the Independent. Since May 2023, I have...

Ananth Prabhu, Sports Editor

July 7, 2023

Smartphones have become a revolutionary piece of technology that has taken over human society. The choice of mobile operating systems is a duopoly, for the most part. Android...

Ananth Prabhu, Sports Editor

July 7, 2023

ChatGPT emerged in late 2022 from the company OpenAI. Millions of people around the world have started using ChatGPT due to its seemingly impeccable responses to any question...