By: Juliet Vargas The new season of Cheer is not what I was expecting. The docuseries Cheer first hit Netflix January 8, 2020. Cheer was documented in Corsicana, Texas where head coach Monica Aldama tries to make her cheerleaders succeed every year at winning the National Cheer Association (NCA) championship at Daytona Beach, Florida. The…
By Anthony Vidal Today, January 27th, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This day was established in 2005 by the United Nations in order to remember the event, honor the victims, and ensure it never happens again. The Holocaust is one of the most well known in modern history for its atrocities, including a death toll…
By Kevin Perez One of the wildest NFL seasons is almost drawing to a close as the final four teams prepare for the Conference Championship games this weekend. In the AFC the Kansas City Chiefs are set to host the Cincinnati Bengals and in the NFC the Los Angeles Rams will play host to the…
By Sophia Garcia After Mnet, a South Korean television music channel, faced numerous scandals regarding them rigging the end results of their competitive reality show, many Korean and international fans of K-pop were hesitant about their newest competitive reality show— Girls Planet 999. Why is Girls Planet 999 special? Girls Planet 999 brought something new…
By Melanie Cabrera It goes by many names: Human trafficking, modern slavery, trafficking in person. Regardless, they all mean the same thing, the exploitation of people through means such as force, coercion, threats, or fraud. The most common types of human trafficking include forced labor, sex trafficking, and organ removal. Other forms are forced marriages,…
By Sophia Garcia Two years ago, the novel and unpredictable COVID-19 virus hit Florida and led to the series of events everyone is aware of now— closed schools and offices, working and learning from home, vaccinations, and the eventual reopening of public areas. Even as the past few years prove that the unexpected is always…
By Melanie Cabrera The end of the year is usually followed by plenty of reflection. Aside from personal goals and resolutions, plenty of words, symbols, and colors are chosen to represent the year. One example being the Word of the Year, a word chosen by a dictionary to characterize the year. The words are often…
By Sofia Palomino After a long year, the highly anticipated friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has returned, swiping the cinemas across the world with action packed scenes and the beloved Peter Parker, MJ, and Ned trio. played by Tom Holland Spider-Man: No Way Home premiered December 17th and has since then been filling up the theaters with…
By Sofia Palomino After an anxious return to school, test after test, and the other stressors that come with being a teenager, one thing is certain: MLEC students have been counting down to the long-awaited winter break. The festivities are right around the corner and the students begin to prepare for their well-deserved two weeks…
By Kevin Perez Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused most students to attend school virtually, one of the year’s favorite activities at MLEC was put on hold, but this year, the Jingle Jog returned in epic Holiday fashion. MLEC hosted its third annual Jingle Jog Run during lunch on Friday, December 8th. This event…