By Stephanie Brito, Edysmar Diaz-Cruz, and Jennifer Perez Ella Hernandez came to Ultra in shorts and a bikini top last year. This year, she’ll come with her friend’s ID and a lot of makeup–she’s 17. After a guard was trampled by people who wanted to enter Ultra Music Festival last year, the company decided to…
By Stephanie Brito On 9/11, almost 3,000 people died as a result of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil. It was the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. 9/11 struck a chord with each and every American and continues to fuel dialogue about how to treat terrorists. Briefly after 9/11, George W. Bush, president at…
By Stephanie Brito Beginning this Tuesday, same-sex couples throughout Florida will be granted marriage licenses. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle of Tallahassee has been instrumental in clearing the way for gay couples through his announcement on New Year’s Day, requiring all clerks of court to issue these marriage licenses. On August 21, 2014, Judge Hinkle…
Since the start of the Syrian crisis–a crisis that has only gotten worse with progression–over 2.8 million Syrians have registered with the United Nations High Commission of Refugees.
The word resonated as the Class of 2015 picked up their crowns from the Principal’s Patio. On what would become their last first day of school, the seniors expressed their seniority by following MLEC’s tradition: senior crowning.
Some avid concertgoers may have received a mysterious, spam-looking email from ticketfeelitigation@tgcginc.com this weekend in regards to Ticketmaster.
In the United States, a majority of citizens support same-sex marriage. Americans between the age of eighteen to twenty-nine, both Democrat and Republican alike, support same-sex in greater numbers than those older than thirty, according to Gallup and Pew Research.
Every year, MLEC’s walls are covered with campaign posters during election season, urging onlookers that ‘it’s time for change’ or to ‘vote for me.’ This year, like previous years, was intense. Candidates, despite having less time to campaign, went all out to get voters: from passing out sugary snacks to giving out things for people…
Colorado stores opened their doors to legal recreational pot smokers, and after organizing a licensing system for pot stores, Washington is expected to follow. As the year continues, marijuana activists nationwide are pushing for legalization elsewhere.
The past month has been a rollercoaster for Utah. On December 20th 2013, Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage was deemed unconstitutional by district judge Robert J. Shelby. As a result, over one thousand same-sex couples received marriage licenses in Utah.