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They’re Telling Us We Have to Leave

They’re Telling Us We Have to Leave

As if starting my first week of online courses wasn’t stressful enough, I had received a vexing email. CSUN Student Housing was now urging…
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Yasmine Cardenas
I’m 21 and Filing for Unemployment, Not Job Applications

I’m 21 and Filing for Unemployment, Not Job Applications

The week before spring break, my day to day life was normal as I knew it: attend class three days a week, go to work, serve on duty as a…
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Amanda Cedeno
“I Need to Get these Kids Braindead:” Inside the Panicdemic

“I Need to Get these Kids Braindead:” Inside the Panicdemic

The Tech Department at Target rarely sees high-demand but right now video games and home office supplies are just as hard to find as…
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Brandon Darmiento
Curing Boba Cravings During COVID-19

Curing Boba Cravings During COVID-19

Five days out of the week I arrive home sticky and exhausted from my 7-hour work shift at a popular boba lounge. My roommates greet me…
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Anaïs Furukawa
I’m Not High-Risk, but I Act Like I Am

I’m Not High-Risk, but I Act Like I Am

How the novel coronavirus has changed my everyday life.
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Blake Williams
Photo Essay: From Crowded Campus to Ghost Town

Photo Essay: From Crowded Campus to Ghost Town

Photos from California State University, Northridge during California’s coronavirus lockdown.
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Danielle Tranter
Coming of Age During Corona

Coming of Age During Corona

“How come I can’t hear you very well, Chris?” asked my 73-year-old grandmother on Facetime while she’s quarantined in her Reseda apartment.
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Christopher Torres
Caring for my Mother, Unable to See the Child I Love

Caring for my Mother, Unable to See the Child I Love

She was thirty days old when I start taking care of her. I spent 30 hours per week with her . I experienced her first smile. I screamed…
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Sedigheh Abassi-sirchi
The Coronavirus Canceled Our Quinceañera

The Coronavirus Canceled Our Quinceañera

When my aunt started planning her daughter’s quincenera last year she never imagined a widely spread disease to get in the way — until…
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Monserrat Solis
I’m Going Corona Crazy

I’m Going Corona Crazy

What my life has been like amist the madness.
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Danielle Tranter
Fighting Depression at Home in East LA

Fighting Depression at Home in East LA

I was in the living room with my roommate talking about boys and make-up on a Wednesday afternoon when I heard a “ding” from her phone…
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Mayra Lopez
Amazon: The Last of the Employed

Amazon: The Last of the Employed

The Amazon rain-forest is an environmental sanctuary meant to be left untouched and changed by the outside word. The online retailer of…
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Nick Martinez
Anxious about the Essential Workers in My Life

Anxious about the Essential Workers in My Life

Empty selves, where are the beans, where’s the rice?
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Cytlalli Salgado
Baseball Is Canceled, and so Is My Paycheck

Baseball Is Canceled, and so Is My Paycheck

I opened my email last week to a message from my supervisor that I had been expecting for a few days.
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Andrés Soto
My Heroes are Now the World’s Heroes

My Heroes are Now the World’s Heroes

I’m one of those people who prefers staying at home, so when Mayor Garcetti issued the “Safer at home” emergency order, I thought it would…
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Diana Pacheco
I’m Living Through a Pandemic and I Couldn’t Be Less Scared

I’m Living Through a Pandemic and I Couldn’t Be Less Scared

I was born in 1997. My generation is the end of the notorious millenials and the very start of Generation Z. I know what it’s like to have…
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Elianne Salas
Prepared or Paranoid Parents?

Prepared or Paranoid Parents?

Washing our hands every 15 minutes, wearing masks, and disinfecting keys, phones, and doorknobs was only the beginning.
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Camille Lehmann
Keeping My Family Safe

Keeping My Family Safe

It was a cold and rainy Thursday morning, I was on my way to my local grocery store in hopes to grab food and supplies for my family. As I…
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Ryan Mccoy
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