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Interesting people met on bus ride

Chasten was bouncing up and down with excitement as the bus rolled into a stop. “It’s his birthday,” his mother explained. Chasten’s mother, Julie, looked at me in tears with her bright green eyes. Julie said she didn’t have a car because her boyfriend has not been home in three days and she had not heard from him. Julie was on her way to WalMart for her son’s birthday present. He wanted the new “Jurassic Park” action figure Tyrannosaurs Rex. Julie said they have no means of transportation because she has no family here and the only thing that keeps her…

Great awakening among the youth today

Voter turnout, activism on the rise with students all across the globe “Youthquake,” a term first coined in 1965 by a Vogue editor-in-chief, was named Oxford Dictionaries’ 2017 Word of the Year. The dictionary defines the term as “a significant cultural, political, or social change arising from the actions or influence of young people.” Imelda Gallegos, a student at Collegiate High School, was taken away by the word of choice this year. “The word describes perfectly how young people today are reshaping the world. Our time is really now,” Gallegos said. According to Oxford editors, the term saw a fivefold…

The truth is not an attack

At a time when few know what to believe in the news — especially when read online — Corpus Christi residents are fortunate to have a local media that does not stop in its pursuit of the truth. Former Mayor Dan McQueen is the perfect example of what happens when elected officials refuse to answer to the media, which holds them accountable on behalf of the public. The situation with McQueen almost directly follows the road map of what many worry the Trump administration is on the road to. McQueen in fact became so distrusting of and unwilling to work…