UC Berkeley Student Aims To Be The ‘Female, Mexican Carl Sagan’
By Peter Schurmann, New America Media BERKELEY, Calif. – When Ana Aceves was 12 years old, she sat on her…
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What It Means To Join The Feminist Club
Actress Emma Watson, known for her role as Hermione in the Harry Potter movies, told the United Nations this week that she is unabashedly a feminist. Even though the word, she said, has become associated with being too aggressive and even unattractive.
Virtual Reality’s Next Hurdle: Overcoming ‘Sim Sickness’
Before virtual reality can be “the next big thing” engineers and researchers have to defeat an old nemesis: motion sickness.
Benefits For Former Foster Youth Need Attention
Shortly after I emancipated from foster care, I lost my MediCal. For the past two years, I’ve paid my medical expenses out of pocket. But I didn’t actually need to.
My Phone Is A Toy, Not An Addiction
Most teens can’t remember a time without smartphones. But I can, because I just got my first phone last week, a red Nexus 5. Now that I have one, I still can’t see what all the hype is about.
For The Love Of Cello
A study published this month in The Journal of Neuroscience looks at free music programs aimed at at-risk kids, and finds that studying music improves performance in the human brain. Youth Radio’s Scott Lau went through a similar program, and is now a freshman at USC studying music business and the cello. Lau contributed his story about how playing the cello has changed him.
Internship Teaches Health Solutions to Local Teens
Tamajiea Videau is 16 years old, just halfway through high school, and already she can picture her future career.
Informal Sex-Ed Is Better Than Nothing
When I was a freshman, I had to take and pass a health / sex-ed class. But that requirement was cut two years ago because of funding constraints. Now, the lack of sexual health knowledge is clear on my campus.
Bill Would Help Incarcerated Kids Stay Enrolled
If there is one group of students with the most to gain from staying in school, it is those minors transitioning out of the juvenile justice system. Yet of the roughly 42,000 youth who attend California’s juvenile court schools each year, only 20 percent successfully reenroll within 30 days of their release from the system.