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Carlos Verduzco Silva

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Jacob Repkin

Jacob Repkin is an aspiring journalist from San Diego, California. He is currently a second year student at San Diego Mesa College, and is the editor-in-chief of the Mesa Press, …

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Kristina Cox

As an experienced professional content developer with a passion for language and words, I have cultivated my skills in content writing, editing, and coordination across multiple industries. With a background …

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Samantha Festin

Former Staff Writer for The Mesa Press at San Diego Mesa College. Journalism Major.

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Alexandra Aboukhater

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Chris Baltierra

Aspiring conflict journalist with a passion for writing that promotes truth, transparency, equality, and fairness.

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Latest Articles

New inspirational podcast details stories of formerly incarcerated students

College is hard enough for recent high school graduates trying to navigate an adult world for the first time; but what about for formerly or currently incarcerated people? From the career and housing barriers to the judgments of strangers, anyone with a criminal record can find it a struggle to …
By Frankie Mann
• The Mesa Press

A beginner’s guide to Jewish people for the American academic

In the early morning of Oct. 7, as the people of Israel woke from the last festivities of the week-long Sukkot holiday, militants of the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas crossed the Israeli border in their hundreds, weapons at the ready. By the end of the day, over a thousand people …
By Jacob Repkin
• The Mesa Press

CA travel ban repeal a step in the right direction

What if America had another civil war? It’s a provocative and radical question, yet it’s become an ever more frequent topic of discussion over the past couple decades. As American politics has grown increasingly polarized, many have wondered if and how this country could break apart once more. After all, …
By Jacob Repkin
• The Mesa Press

Criminalizing homeless helps no one and hurts everyone

It is no secret that California has a homelessness problem. To simply call it a “problem,” however, understates its magnitude. California has by far the largest homeless population of any state, and the number has sharply increased in the past decade — the most recent estimate puts it at over …
By Jacob Repkin
• The Mesa Press

Nuclear energy sounds scary — but it’s our best chance

What if there was a method of producing energy that could completely eliminate the need for fossil fuels? What if the technology needed to do this had already been known for decades? And what if, out of irrational fear and self-serving hubris, this technology had been rejected? Well, that method …
By Jacob Repkin
• The Mesa Press

How oil companies hide from responsibility for climate change

Over the past two decades, the conversation about climate change has always centered around what is causing it — is it the result of greenhouse gas emissions, or is it just a natural process beyond human control? Increasingly, most people seem to agree on the former. As this consensus crystallizes, …
By Jacob Repkin
• The Mesa Press

Euphemisms are powerful — and dangerous

Words shape our reality. The way we describe something is often as, or more, important than the thing itself. For example, one person’s part-time prison for children is another person’s daycare center, and one person’s foul-smelling vomit dispensary is another person’s school cafeteria. These and other such creative descriptions are …
By Jacob Repkin
• The Mesa Press

Hulu’s ‘History of the World, Part II’ fails on every level

What does it look like when everything that can possibly go wrong, does? Hulu’s new comedy series, “History of the World, Part II,” offers some potential answers. The series, named after and supposedly sequel to Mel Brooks’ 1981 film, “History of the World, Part I,” shares almost nothing with it. …
By Jacob Repkin
• The Mesa Press

The Movie of The Vampire Who Stole Spider-Man’s Girl

Marvel’s latest character release is one of Spider man’s villains Dr. Morbius. Leading actor Jared Leto plays the role of a dying doctor that experiments with the blood from wild bats trying to save his own life and others with his same condition. Something goes wrong with the test that …
By Brandon Aurelio Quintero-Reyes
• The Mesa Press

Get rich quick or get fooled by the ‘Crypto King’?

On March 30th, 2022, Netflix released a new documentary titled “Trust No One: The Hunt for Crypto King,” which instantly shot to the Netflix Top-10 showing that this documentary had sparked some interest. The documentary first dives into the world of Crypto and explains the currency that was big at …
By Johnathan Scott
• The Mesa Press

Men’s basketball team gets the whistle blown on them

With the season coming close to the end with only 5 games left to play the team has been working harder with the hopes of an even better season-ending story. Wednesday night’s basketball game could have been celebrated in victory by our Olympian players if it had not been for …
By Brandon Aurelio Quintero-Reyes
• The Mesa Press

Riddle Me This.. Riddle Me That.. WHO! is Afraid of The Big Bad Bat!?

Thursday night was the premiere of “The Batman” starring Robert Pattinson as the legendary Batman himself, while being directed by Matt Reeves who did a spectacular job. It was a long awaited film by DC & marvel fans across the world after a 5 second preview was released almost 3 …
By Brandon Aurelio Quintero-Reyes
• The Mesa Press