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Editors Geo and Ash, Spring 2025
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This current issue features exceptional campus and district news coverage, sassy opinion pieces and a special section dedicated to food in Santa Ana.

News 🔎

District seeks legal opinion on audit findings of financial misconduct

District seeks legal opinion on audit findings of financial misconduct

District officials have authorized the spending of up to $50,000 for a legal team to evaluate misconduct accusations regarding a $12 million rebate account kept hidden from the public for nearly three decades. The board of trustees voted during their May 12 meeting that board president Daisy Tong will collaborate with the district’s general counsel—without the involvement of other board …

Lifestyle 😎

Heritage BBQ's Brenda Castillo is the backbone of its expanding empire

Heritage BBQ's Brenda Castillo is the backbone of its expanding empire

Chairs were scattered across the sand, and pallets of seltzers and beers sat stacked near the entrance of Honkey Tonk at the Beach in Bolsa Chica. Around me a team was setting up a performance stage for the opening weekend of the new eatery. They worked quietly so that the sound of waves filled the space. I sat wondering what …

Sports 🏅

Dietsch at the dish: Veteran catchers' story of perseverance

Dietsch at the dish: Veteran catchers' story of perseverance

It's a late May evening in 2024 and the Dons are in a nail-biting playoff game against the Mustangs. The Dons forced extra innings when they scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth, which felt like an eternity ago, as the game is now in the bottom of the 13th inning. Down 11-10 with the bases loaded and …

Views 💭

Use your brain not AI

Use your brain not AI

Proud cheaters using artificial intelligence to complete their coursework rather than doing it themselves. Artificial bot “students” running AI to compose their discussion posts. Students fumbling over words they can’t pronounce in their PowerPoint presentations because they’ve never actually used those words before. As a student, I have personally suffered from how AI has infected higher education. Instead of refusing …
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