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We Want To Be The Future

The message is not spoken, but written, chalk-scrawled on a bubble-shaped blackboard while the three boys smile at the camera manned by an Outside the Lens Youth Councilor, making humorous hand gestures. Their grins may have been comedic, but their message is true and solemn. It may not have meant much to them at the […]

December 19, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Just Can’t Find the Time: Dalai Llama’s Talk at SDSU

June 11, 2012 No Comment

“The future is open,” stated the Dalai Llama to a stadium full of people awaiting that eye-opening moment. “You have the opportunity to make a new world, a happier world.” “What do you think?” “It’s not everyday you get to see the Dalai Llama,” my mother explained to me as I weighed the amount of […]

On A Mission to Give a Voice to Children on the Streets

June 5, 2012 No Comment

Hushed silence falls over the audience as the screens slide into place—double projections of a woman walking along a fence, looking off ahead as she says, “I feel so torn up that I come back here and it’s still the same… worse… the same.. worse.” The picture then fades to the name of documentary: Carissa. […]

Miss Representation: You Can’t Be What You Can’t See

February 9, 2012 No Comment

Local Non-Profits Present the Documentary Film, Miss Representation; aims to Empower Youth to Speak Out Against Stereotypes and Labels Created by the Media. It’s those millions of TV viewers, magazine subscribers, and web surfers everyday that are subjected to the exploitation of women. It’s right under our noses, and yet we fail to think twice […]

The Surfrider Foundation

January 5, 2012 No Comment

We all see the trash on the beach—cigarette butts, balloons, glass bottles and cans, plastic bags—yet most of us don’t bother to pick it up. Skylar Economy, a senior at La Jolla high school comments, “I feel that the trash should not be there because it is bad for the animals, the earth, and is […]

Katrina’s Flames

January 4, 2012 4 Comments

Torrey Pines Sophomore and Outside The Lens Youth Councilor, Layla Mazdyasni, shares a story on how a Carmel Valley family tries to rebuild after a devastating fire. A not so typical mid-autumn day: Flames burning, hearts racing, thoughts jumbling. The house slowly begins to burn to the ground; firemen rush in. A rough day for […]