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Harvey Milk Street

Seamus Robison, Writer February 12, 2020

Harvey Milk Street, formerly Stark Street, is a small neighborhood in downtown Portland. According to the Willamette Week’s article “Goodbye Southwest Stark Street, It’s Harvey Milk Street Now,”...

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The Foodies Journal: The Americanization of Food

Ella Largent, Writer February 12, 2020

  We all love food, specifically food that tends to be from other cultures and ethnicities, like Chinese, Mexican, and Italian food.  However, a lot of these dishes we have from these amazing varieties...

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Christmas in Germany

Lina Braun, Writer February 12, 2020

Christmas, or Weihnachten, is considered by Germans to be the most important of the major holidays. The holiday season is a time for celebration, contemplation, and family and friends. Not only the holiday...

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Trade, Conquest, and Diplomacy: How it Can Exchange Cultures

Thong Nguyen, Writer February 12, 2020

Empires rise and empires fall, but culture has spread through these empires through contact and trade. Sometimes, culture can clash and merge. Sometimes they exchange tidbits which can affect each other...

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Prisoner By Gender

Jaycob Davis, Writer February 12, 2020

In her skin she is infinitely powerful, nothing tears her from the part she will continue to play in this world until the world ends one day. She is a woman, not a property to own,  not something you...

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The Importance of Sports in Culture

Morgan Cottrill, Writer February 12, 2020

Everywhere you go, different people and different cultures have sports they play or enjoy. Sports also have a different meaning and importance for all people. If you go to the U.S football is a big thing,...

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The Race to Racial Equality in Hip Hop

Mikaela Conway, Writer February 12, 2020

When we think of hip hop we think of Tupac, B.I.G, Kevin Gates, and others like them. We use to never associate the genre to a man who is white without that “from the street” mentality. Nowadays we...

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The History of Diversity

Jess Winkler, Writer February 12, 2020

Diversity has been a problem for a very long time. We have been through thick and thin just to get to the point we are today. The history of when people were welcome and accepted is a very long list that...

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Diversity in the Film Industry

Joselyn Gonzalez, Writer February 12, 2020

            Throughout history, we have seen the music industry and media evolve, grow, and become more diverse. One of the most impacted industries is the film industry. If you search...

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Growing Diversity in Hip Hop

Jelani Dupon, Writer February 12, 2020

Although hip hop started in the 70s with disco-funk and crazy stories, hip hop got really big in the 90s, with rappers bringing the hardcore, controversial, and raw rap lyrics and beats that are classic...

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Adoption Groups and LGBT Couples

February 12, 2020

Once again, Trump is planning to make it easier for adoption agencies to deny LGBT couples the opportunity to adopt or foster children. Obama banned adoption and foster care agencies from receiving federal...

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Cultural Appropriation Within American Society

Aubrie Sandoval, Writer February 12, 2020

Cultural Appropriation is the act of stealing aspects from cultures that do not belong to you. The issue lies in that of when members of a dominant culture are misappropriating those aspects, mostly because...

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