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El Paisano

Rio Hondo College Newspaper

El Paisano

Rio Hondo College Newspaper

El Paisano

Colin Kaepernick Protests National Anthem

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer
Sep 14, 2016

The National Anthem at a U.S. sporting event is as ubiquitous as previews before a movie. August 26th, just as expected, the national anthem was sung before...

Trump Visits Mexico

Written by Jose Miranda, Staff Writer
Sep 13, 2016

Donald Trump feels very much like a desperate socialite. At the invitation of the now historically unpopular president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto,...

Trumpism and the GOP

Written by Catrina Ritter, Staff Writer
May 21, 2016

One of the things that baffles me the most about the current presidential race, is why Trump has the support he does from conservatives. Trump is in...

Clinton slings mud at Sanders

Written by Catrina Ritter, Staff Writer
May 15, 2016

The Democratic primary elections have been interesting to watch. The most entertaining part has been Bernie Sanders' rise in momentum. It must be extremely...

Petitioners: Friend or Foe?

Written by Joseph Quintana, Staff Writer
May 15, 2016

I understand that some of these petitioners are here to make a change within the government or city we live in, but it does not excuse the abrasive or...

The Fall of Acolytes and the Rise of Holy Men

Written by Zackary Mejia, Staff Writer
May 11, 2016

The Islamic State has found itself under attack from all fronts since October of last year. While they have gained the allegiance of dozens of terrorist...

Finals week and the stress of being a student

Written by Eligia Garcia, Staff Writer
May 9, 2016

Finals week is around the corner and Rio Hondo students are too stressed-out. Among the lack of sleep, many hours studying and working to complete last-minute...

Why Music Scores are Essential to Film

Written by Rafael Alvarado, Staff Writer
May 4, 2016

People might go to the movie theaters to watch a film based on fan-base hype or the famous people cast in the film to draw the audience in. However, famous...

The Regressive Plague on Liberalism

Written by Zackary Mejia, Staff Writer
May 2, 2016

Conservative pundits are unilateral on how they feel about Islam. They willingly fail to make the distinction between the religion and the ideology. Republican...

LGBT vs North Carolina’s Bathroom Bill

Written by Joseph Quintana, Staff Writer
Apr 26, 2016

The bathroom is a place you would expect to use freely when the urge comes to you, but sadly, in North Carolina, that isn't the case. A bill passed on...

The Benefits of Marijuana

Written by Rick Loza, Staff Writer
Apr 20, 2016

In 1996, California became the first state to legalize the use of marijuana for medical objectives. According to lifehacks.org, the U.S. Government sponsored...

The U.S failure in the Arab Spring

Written by Zackary Mejia, Staff Writer
Apr 18, 2016

Last month’s terrorist attack in Brussels is yet another unintended consequence of the West’s dreadful diplomacy in the Middle East, specifically,...

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