What do #MeToo and #RiceBunny have in common? They are both hashtags that are used by activists and feminists to spread the word about sexual abuse and harassment. It is their way of saying that enough is enough. #RiceBunny got its name from the words “mi” and “tou.”...
The Hello Kitty Grand Cafe opened at the Irvine Spectrum mall on Friday, Sept. 14. Sanrio, Hello Kitty's parent company, also opened a pop-up Hello Kitty cafe in San Diego, and two mini cafes in San Jose and Rancho Cucamonga, according to the L.A. Times. There are...
Governor Jerry Brown recently signed a bill into law that will ban sit-down restaurants from giving their customers plastic straws. The law will take effect on Jan. 1, 2019. If a customer would like a straw, they will have to request one. “I think it’s a good idea...
Sister Cities is an international organization that brings cities, cultures and people together. La Cañada is fortunate enough to be a Sister City with Villanueva de la Cañada, a city in Spain that is near Madrid. Villanueva de La Cañada essentially has the European...
There are different branches of linguistics that deal with sounds and all of their unique aspects. One branch in particular, known as prosody, is the study of bigger speech sound units and syllables. In linguistics, prosody helps you to better understand subjects such...
Do you know what the official language of Ethiopia is? If you didn’t already know, it is a language called Amharic. This language is also known as Amhara, Abyssinian, Amarinya and Amarigna, according to About World Languages. Amharic has both major and local dialects....
Many languages will always have a special place in my heart, but there is one language in particular that introduced me to the language learning community and other languages that I really like today, including Khmer and Thai. This language that sparked my love of...
An entire section of the Morandi Bridge collapsed in Genoa, Italy, on Tuesday, Aug. 14. Multiple cars fell from the bridge and parts of the bridge fell on to the cars below. The death count is now 43 people. Many were severely injured and remain hospitalized....
I got Facebook on May 16, 2017. On June 10, I decided to delete my account. Here’s why I made that decision. Facebook was the first and only social media I ever had. When I signed up, I felt both excited and slightly nervous. I had no idea what to expect. Eventually,...
When I first found out about the language Arabela, which is also called Chiripuno and Chiripunu, I was instantly intrigued and felt a growing need to learn as much as I could about it. There is just something very special about Arabela. It’s hard to put your finger on...
