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RHC Wins At State Journalism Conference

Written by Zackary Mejia, Managing Editor Apr 10, 2017

It was a triumphant spring break weekend for El Paisano Newspaper editors, staff, and members of the Journalism Communications and Public Relations (JCPR) club after winning over a dozen awards from the...

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 groups in the African continent and Arabian Peninsula,...

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 leaders, in one way or another, believe the...

Review: ‘Only the Dead’ masterfully depicts the grim war in Iraq

Written by Zackary Mejia, Staff Writer Apr 29, 2016

“Only the dead see the end of war” is a quote attributed to the Greek philosopher Plato, whose most famous student, Aristotle, would go on to mentor Alexander of Macedonia. Without a doubt, through...

How the River Deep Student Film Festival and River’s Voice reading empowered students and their creativity

Written by Zackary Mejia, Staff Writer Apr 25, 2016

The Writes of Spring event, hosted from April 20-21, featured seven guest speakers from different writing backgrounds, as well as the River Deep Student Film Festival and River’s Voice reading. This...

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, the Obama Administration's use of unconventional hard...

Student election registration open

Written by Zackary Mejia, Staff Writer Apr 15, 2016

Applications for the Associative Students of Rio Hondo College, are available to all eligible students as of April 4. Those interested in running for office can go to their Rio Hondo email and open the...

El Rancho Board of Education decide on name for opposed magnet school

Written by Zackary Mejia, Staff Writer Mar 25, 2016

The concerns of Pico Rivera’s community still persist after the El Rancho School Board's last regular meeting on March 15, when the board confirmed Ellen Ochoa Prep Academy as the name of the magnet...

SCVA festival held at Wray Theater

Written by Zackary Mejia, Staff Writer Mar 20, 2016

The Southern California Vocal Association’s Choral Festival was held on March 15 at the Rio Hondo’s Wray theatre. The event was hosted by Rio Hondo College Choirs, more specifically, the chamber singers This...

Placement of new magnet school creating division in Pico Rivera

Written by Zackary Mejia, Staff Writer Mar 4, 2016

During a regular Board of Education meeting this Tuesday at Pico Rivera’s City Hall, parents, teachers, students and community members voiced their concerns about the magnet school that the Board plans...

The Good Pope

Written by Zackary Mejia, Staff Writer Feb 24, 2016

Last week Pope Francis's, willingly or not, commented on the abnormality that is Donald Trump's campaign to be President of the United States. When asked on what his thoughts were of the orange...

A Failing Party

Written by Zackary Mejia, Staff Writer Feb 23, 2016

Not since the 1912 presidential elections has the Republican Party been so partitioned. The unnatural phenomenon that is Donald Trump has ruined the party's "establishment" and moderates chances of winning...

The High Cost of Killing

Written by Zackary Mejia, Staff Writer Feb 20, 2016

Over the centuries war has evolved in various ways. The ways in which we kill each other, the reasons we kill each other and how we conduct the killing of each other being the most significant. Through...

Is God a homosexual?

Written by Zackary Mejia, Staff Writer Feb 15, 2016

Religious institutions and organizations have been the only community within society that ardently works to villainize, criminalize and more recently shun the homosexual community. It is interesting...

Get to know your Pico Rivera candidates before voting Nov. 3

Written by Zackary Mejia, JCPR News Nov 1, 2015

Interview with El Rancho Unified School District board candidate, Victor Gonzalez Interview with El Rancho Unified School District board candidate, Gabriel Orozco Interview with El...

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