By Ajmaanie Dort & Kelly Sanchez With winter break right around the corner, most students at Miami Lakes Educational Center (MLEC) are already getting ready to celebrate some of the most popular festivities this season. But while most jaguars can share the excitement of looking forward to the December holidays such as Christmas and New…
Photo essay by Aileen Delgado, Jaylyn Gonzalez, Gabriella Licona, Yasmine Mezawi, & Carla Rubio Written by Samantha Jimenez and Michelle Mairena Miami is the home of swaying palm trees, crowded beaches that reflect the beauty of the Atlantic, and everlasting parties that encompass the vibrancy of a city that never sleeps. When one thinks of…
By Kelly Sanchez At the end of every year, Spotify, one of the most famous streaming services, allows its users’ to view their top songs and favorite artists of the year through an interactive feature. But now that 2019–the last year of the decade–is almost coming to a close, Spotify decided to do something special…
By Kelly Sanchez Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two of the biggest sale events of the year. With their very different approaches to how consumers can get the best deals, people have differing views on which event is the superior one. Black Friday is notorious for how chaotic it often is, which is the…
By Gabriella Licona Turkey, corn, mashed potatoes, and gravy: the traditional dishes served on the Thanksgiving table. When it comes to Hispanic households, traditional American meals are not enough. Hispanic families are known for passing down cultural values and incorporating them throughout the holidays. Food plays a huge role in these values, whether it’s the…
By Kymani Hughes & Luis Mila This August, Hot Girl Summer completely took over the social media scene. You couldn’t even scroll through your twitter feed without seeing the phrase, accompanied by videos of people having summertime fun. There’s one person solely responsible for this pop-culture movement – Megan Pete, better known as MeganThee Stallion….
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 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,…
By Karla Perez The number “1-800-273-8255” is not only the title of one of the most popular songs made by the rapper Logic—it is also the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number. The Lifeline launched on January 1st, 2005 and answered over 46,000 calls in that year, but in 2018 alone, it received about 2.2 million…
By Tyler Banks As basketball fans approached the launch of NBA 2K20, many believed that this would be the year when 2K, the famous video game, would return to its peak. It had been three years since 2K17 came out—which many considered the best 2K since the release of the PS4 and Xbox One in…