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Many families begin to feel the effects of lasting closure

Annalisa Perales

While the Trump administration calls it a homeland security crisis and Democrats calls it a humanitarian crisis, the reality is, it’s our crisis. The government shutdown is now in its fifth week, making it the longest since 1995. While it hinges on $5.7 billion in funding for a border wall, the real cost is just beginning to be felt. The shutdown began Dec. 22 after Congress was unable to pass a budget with the funds President Donald Trump has requested for the border wall. Any attempts at compromise have been futile, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said Congress won’t…

Entertainment, Opinions

Not so ‘Fantastic’ at the box office

John Oliva

“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” is an enjoyable film to watch but waiting to see it until it comes out on a streaming site is fine as well. First of all, with a mass number of fans adamant about not casting Johnny Depp in the movie because of his domestic abuse allegations, J. K. Rowling should have recasted instead of defending him. The sequel has returning actors Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller and (the unfortunate) Depp. The audience is introduced to new characters including Zoë Kravitz as Leta Lestrange, a Slytherin who Newt Scamander…

Column, Opinions

Keep the holidays happy for everyone

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Everyone has had the awkward feeling of seeing someone they know out in public and having about five seconds to determine if you’re going to say “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays.” In most recent years there has become a huge consciousness of when it is appropriate to say “Merry Christmas” as to not offend anyone. The term has been coined as too religious, leading people to say that it is exclusive of other religions. One of the main places that we see this transition is in retail. It can be said that the premise of this argument is solely political…

Campus, Opinions

The Morality of Political Participation

Evan van den Eijnden

Voters today have found themselves struggling for tenacity to participate in a political system inundated with an endless deposit of reasons to choose one political party over the other. There’s also no shortage of animosity generated between political groups that might make it seem too hot to get involved. Furthermore, voters can find themselves unsatisfied and without a good choice of candidates or platforms to support. This is further complicated by the technological situation voters are in each coming election within the age of information. There is an overwhelming flow of literature, propaganda, campaigning, news reporting, social media and other…

Entertainment, Movies, Opinions

All-Out War underwhelms on Survival Sunday

Azrael Montoya

‘The Walking Dead’ finale fails while “Fear” premiere succeeds Season 8 of “The Walking Dead” was dubbed the All-Out War. Production team member Scott M. Gimple had long said the finale, “Wrath,” would be a game changer and bring eight years of the popular series to its final end. What we got instead was far from what we wanted. What Greg Nicotero gave us in “Wrath” was a contrived mess. The long-awaited battle between Rick and Negan literally lasted all of three minutes. Even the Rick/Governor battle lasted longer. This was Survival Sunday and thankfully “The Walking Dead” had “Fear”…

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Horror bogged down by script

Jonathan Garcia

From office prankster to horror movie director, John Krasinski stars and directs his latest film, “A Quiet Place.” Also starring Emily Blunt, the film’s draft was written by Bryan Woods and Scott Beck in 2013, but was picked up by Paramount Studios in 2017 with Krasinski brought on board as director and writer. The film promised to be one of the scariest films ever made because the film has little to no dialogue, offering more tension. The gimmick manages to work; however, there are some major issues that drag the film down. In the year 2021, most of the human…

Movies, Opinions

‘Isle of Dogs’ howling good

Julieta Hernandez

Never had I thought I would be a dog person until Wes Anderson showed me why I needed to be. “Isle of Dogs,” the film everybody had been awaiting for, combines cross-cultural and cross-species elements to make a hit. The movie takes place in a future dystopian Japan, where mayor Kobayashi has concluded that the overpopulation of dogs in the city and the newfound “Dog Flu” was reason to rule for the immediate deportation of all dogs to Trash Island. Kobayashi’s distant nephew and main protagonist, 12-year-old Atari, hijacks a small jet and ventures out to Trash Island to find…

Drama, Entertainment, Opinions

‘The Bald Soprano’ wonderfully quirky

Julieta Hernandez

DMC drama production continues this weekend Eugene Ionesco’s “The Bald Soprano,” produced and performed by the Del Mar College Drama Department, offers audience members a light-hearted existential crisis, along with punch and cookies during intermission. The play opened April 13 and will run again April 19 – 21, with free admission for students April 19. Most have never had an experience with “theater of the absurd,” defined as “drama using the abandonment of conventional dramatic form to portray the futility of human struggle in a senseless world.” It’s a genre of theater that seems to stray from the ordinary and…

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Marvel delivers visually and engrossing film

Jonathan Garcia

‘Black Panther’ brings intense action and a compelling foe Director Ryan Coogler takes comic book lovers to the African nation of Wakanda in “Black Panther,” the newest flick in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Chadwick Boseman returns as T’Challa, also known as the titular hero, after leaving a strong first impression in “Captain America: Civil War.” In addition to garnering anticipation, this film is the first in the MCU to feature a predominately black cast. With “Avengers: Infinity War” around the corner, this could have easily just been a buildup for that film in May. Fortunately, it doesn’t go that route.…

Entertainment, Opinions

Netflix debuts intriguing sci-fi series ‘Altered Carbon’

Matthew Tamez

New show brings futuristic excitement and mature fun “Altered Carbon,” an American science-fiction television series streaming on Netflix, was created by Laeta Kalogridis and is based on the novel of the same name by Richard K. Morgan. The series stars Joel Kinnaman, James Purefoy and Martha Higareda. In the year 2384, humanity has learned to copy a person’s memories into a removable device in their spines. Using this technology, humanity has effectively become immortal. As long as this device is intact, they can be put into a new body. Takeshi Kovacs (Joel Kinnaman) is a political operative who wakes up…

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