Brooke Snow, Channels Staff
February 20, 2017
Imagine coming home to a chunk of your apartment’s balcony lying in the ocean and being forced to find a new place to live because your home no longer feels safe.
That’s what happened to several students at City College and UCSB about three weeks ago at the 6600 block of Del Playa Dr. in Isla Vi...
Ashley Somics, Channels Staff
February 10, 2017
With the bar at full capacity; all eyes were on me as I belted out Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar on Me.” I live for karaoke, but this time I was hosting a kidney health awareness fundraiser I coordinated called “Karaoke...
Madeline K. Nathaus, Channels Staff
February 10, 2017
The First Amendment was included in the Constitution by the founding fathers to guarantee citizens of the United States freedom of the press, religion, assembly and petition. It is this amendment that separates America from more th...
Jack Davies, Channels Staff
February 10, 2017
Over the summer, I had to make the toughest decision of my life.
When my parents told me that our family was going to move all the way across the country, I was enthusiastic for a change. Seven years later, I felt far overdue...
GILLIAN BALDWIN, Channels Staff
February 6, 2017
Less than two weeks after the presidential inauguration, President Trump approved an executive order indefinitely barring Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. and temporarily prohibiting entrance to citizens from seven predominantly...
ANGELA ROSE BICKMANN, Channels Staff
October 21, 2016
In 2011 I began third quarter at a new school. Within a month my dad and stepmom had divorced. Within three, I was diagnosed with cancer. I was 15.
“You have Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Disease,” said Dr. Chao. “It’s a type of cancer. Your hair will fall out…...
ALYSSA DURANT, Channels Staff
October 14, 2016
Adapting to a healthier lifestyle improved my life for the better, and in more ways than I ever thought possible.
Switching to a vegan diet was beneficial and provided more than just the essential nutrients I was lacking in...
MICK WALCHLI, Channels Staff
September 16, 2016
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is making waves by taking a knee during the national anthem in order to raise awareness for the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States.
Refusing to stand for the na...
TERESIA SVENNERGÅRD, Channels Staff
September 16, 2016
Imagine waking up early in the morning, feeling a rush through your veins and knowing that in a couple of hours you will be in a different country with a whole new family and a whole new life.
As a student from abroad, another...
PAVEL ZLATIN, Channels Staff
September 16, 2016
It was August 2015. After a 12-hour flight, and 3 hours on an Amtrak train, I had finally arrived to the United States.
I was sitting in the backseat of a black car. God only knows why the driver kept asking personal questions...
BETHANY ENRIQUEZ, Channels Staff
September 9, 2016
I can’t help but laugh whenever I look back to when I thought being a teenager in high school was difficult.
I would get angry and feel stupid for receiving average grades, yet I spent more time hanging out with my friends...
May 6, 2016
