Jun Starkey, Editor-in-Chief
November 25, 2019
I never thought journalism could feel this good — and this impactful.
I was thrilled when my adviser asked me to be Editor-in-Chief of The Channels last spring.
I spent the summer considering all of the ways I could...
Clara A. Uttenthal, Staff Writer
September 13, 2019
The night I recorded a bomb detonating a half a mile away from me was the night I discovered my passion for journalism.
I was one of the few people in my high school who didn’t know what I wanted to be when I graduated. I had always been jealo...
Brianna Crow, Staff Writer
April 26, 2019
My sister-in-law and I have a pact that we never let each other go to family events alone. We both married into a conservative family.
I have always been the black sheep in my right-leaning family, and enrolling in journalis...
Elizabeth Saubestre, Lauren Michelle McGee, and Jun Starkey
April 12, 2019
Your attempts to flatter me are futile
Around the time that I turned 12, I noticed that men were looking at me differently. I was no longer just a girl in their eyes, no longer a kid on her way to school. I was thrust into being a woman in a...
April 1, 2019
Sydney Antil, Associate Editor
December 7, 2018
When I was in high school, I had the unique opportunity to have articles in Time Magazine as part of my curriculum every week.
Sometimes the articles I was assigned to read inspired me to look further into what the topic o...
DELANEY SMITH, Channels Staff
November 16, 2017
Noor Tagouri, a journalist and self-proclaimed social activist, was greeted with applause after she took the stage Wednesday afternoon in the Garvin Theater.
Tagouri’s lecture was the 27th of the Leonardo Dorantes Memori...
ANGELA ROSE BICKMANN, Opinion Editor
February 20, 2017
I’ve questioned what I wanted to do with my life for years, but one thing I’ve never questioned is my intentions. Every action I take is with a sincere, positive purpose.
A year and three months ago, courage took over my...
MEGAN TONTI, Associate editor
February 26, 2016
We all have something that we would die for. Maybe it’s our children, spouse or our own country; for some, it’s journalism.
When we think of a career in journalism, the word “dangerous” doesn’t often accompany it....
TAYLOR MUNSELL, Channels Staff
February 6, 2015
Spray-painted on the walls of the Santa Barbara News Press office was, “the borders are illegal, not the people who cross them.”
The recent passing of Assembly Bill 60 allows undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver...
