Racial Slurs
Hasan Daniels, Jordan Foster, and Kayla Mitchell
April 2, 2019
Approximately 10,000 racial and ethnic slurs terms per day are used on the social media site, Twitter, according to research conducted by Desmos. As social media is one of the biggest platforms for the use of these terms, more recently, students have communicated with concerns with hearing slurs throug...
DVC Students Show Their Love for Japanese Pop Culture
Elena Marin, Staff Writer
December 6, 2018
The sun radiates down on the four acres of Little Tokyo, lanterns and Christmas lights decorate the Japanese Central Plaza for festive cheer. People are speaking in many different tongues, Japanese, English, and occasionally Korean---it’s enough to feel as if you’re no longer in Los Angeles, but...
DVC’s LGBTQ+ Community
Kaiya Alsobrook and Vienna Perez
December 5, 2018
With the population at DVC growing more and more each year, another group that will continue to increase at DVC is the LGBTQ+ community. According to the Williams Institute of Law, there are about 9 million Americans who classify themselves as a part of the LGBTQ+ community. LGBTQ+ stands for Lesbian,...
The Injustices Black Men in America
Jordan Foster and Hasan Daniels
December 5, 2018
The constant prejudice, discrimination, and unjustified killings of unarmed African American men seem to be a reoccurring story in America. According to PolitiFact, police officers have killed 853 people so far in 2018, and 25% of those people happen to be African American, yet African Americans only...
Tis The Season Of Giving
Hailey Reyes and Jaylene Maldonado
December 5, 2018
Students and staff at Da Vinci Communications festively spread joy by creating care packages and holding a canned food drive for those who are less fortunate, all while discussing their views on the importance of giving back. The holiday season has been deemed a time for receiving and wishing....
Battle Of The Bots
James Skinner, Web Editor
December 5, 2018
The Sumo Battle Bot Tournament presented by the Computer Science pathway featured theme music from Smash Bros and Street Fighter. As each pair’s robot battled students yelled, laughed, and cheered as the competition took place. Jumping, screaming, and rounds of applause arose as the anticipation...
Millennials in the Age of Trump
Kayla Mitchell and Sarah Carrillo
October 31, 2018
Immigration, abortion, terrorism, and other controversial issues have caused students at Da Vinci Communications to reflect on their own political views in the age of Trump. In November of 2016, businessman Donald Trump was elected as President of the United States of America. While some Americans...