By Gabriella Licona Raising awareness for different causes has been an ongoing fight for years. From wearing green ribbons as a statement to destigmatize mental illness, to attending local and national marches to protest the mass culture diminishing of mental health, there are multiple ways to demand recognition for a cause. However, raising awareness for…
By Kelly Sanchez The 2019-2020 school year has just begun and it already is unlike any other school year due to the changes—big and small—that have taken place around our school campus. For some students, these changes have been more perceptible and accentuated than for others. This is particularly true for the students in the…
By Vanessa Falcon Mario Kart has jumped from the DS and Switch to a more popular device —cellphones. Mario Kart has been a beloved game for generations. Nintendo has touched the hearts of many people, trespassing age barriers and geographical lines for over a century. Since 1889, when the company first started with simple playing…
By Angely Pena-Agramonte From the sunny beaches of the Caribbean to the inclement weather of the Andes, Latin Americans, who comprise a wide and diverse range of nationalities, are all united by their strong pride in their culture and the many similarities they share. Despite the homogenous pride though, one cannot deny that cultural differences…
By Luis Mila Big Mouth Season Three came out this past October fourth, and it touched on myriad sensitive topics: rape culture, victim blaming, toxic mansplaining, sexual discovery, the addiction to technology, coming out, clout culture, north florida’s incestuous maniacal stereotype, menopause, psychological references, double standards in both sexualities and gender identity, the stress of…
By Ajmaanie Dort It’s been over 240 days since protests first started, and the streets of the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, and its neighboring provinces have all been shut down by the government. The remaining streets that are accessible to the public are filled with angry protesters voicing their frustrations through acts of violence and…
By Khimmoy Hudson The Arts — it is poetry in motion, enticing gesticulations and very often a riveting display of talent that calls for the attention of an audience. And so, on September 28, 2019, the stage was set for the first time ever to foster students from across Miami Dade County Public Schools who…
By Michelle Mairena This past August 24th, a small tropical wave formed over the Central Atlantic Ocean. Nobody paid any particular attention to it. But days passed by, and rapidly, the seemingly-harmless tropical wave transitioned from an innocuous tropical depression to a powerful Tropical storm to a monstrous, merciless Category 5 hurricane. Everyone then watched…
By Malique Lewis This new school year brought a lot of small and big changes to Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC). Among the undoubtedly big changes is the addition of a new member to the MLEC family: the new trust counselor, Felix Muñoz, who has new ideas, a new mindset, and new ways of bonding…
By Michelle Mairena As summer ends, one of the things that I personally look forward to is the awards season. It perhaps sounds like an insipid statement, especially since I (or anybody that I personally know for that matter) have never even been close to stepping a foot into a Hollywood studio. But, truth is,…