At first glance, the 818 Night Market held in Mission Hills on July 10 seemed like any other pop-up event, flea market or swap-meet before the pandemic. It looked like anything you might expect...

Finding the balance between fighting for social justice and maintaining one’s well being is like walking on a tightrope. As the fight against injustice takes a mental and physical toll on the people...

In this season’s fifth and final episode of “Going Back to College with Hengame Abassi,’’ Hengame talks to Persian Jafari, a 52-year-old retired journalist originally from Iran. Jafari started...

Students and creatives tuned in for the annual Alpha Phi Alpha Def Phloetry Jam on Thursday, Sept. 24 via Zoom. Those in attendance presented poetry, spoken word and rap that touched on the theme of perseverance...

“The Real Influencers” is a series that highlights important figures whose ideas and work continue to be relevant to younger generations. Every episode is released to coincide with the figure’s birthday....

Minley Moradian, graphic design major, sophomore“The Adventurous World” When I am asleep I visualize myself being a professional artist, working with different companies by doing what I love....

Iris Peretz, an art major, seniorThis sculptural piece named "Wild Flower (Born To Be Wild)" actually came to me in a dream. I was in bed with my husband and had a dream about a flowing artwork made from...

Ariella Kaniel, seniorMy concept is a true inspiration to the magic that manifests in the darkest hour. It lights up the sleeping subconscious. To illustrate this, I painted an underwater scene as an allegory...

Salma Bustos, electronic media management major, sophomoreOnce I dreamt about an experience that at the time I didn’t know would happen to me in the future. I had dreamt that I had been walking down...