Donaldo Gutierrez: “I don’t want it to happen because it’s a big part of our culture now. Like, the younger people. I understand the security risk behind it with the whole China thing, but it does seem a little excessive, I would say.” Hector Mundo: “It’s a good thing in some ways because there’s many teens that are our age that are just wasting their time constantly swiping. I believe it’s a good thing in that regard, but at the same time, it’s bad because we should have freedom to have these things, such as...

Abdel-Rahman Hatim: “I’m gonna try to get more gigs for our band, you know? We’re a punk rock band named Pike; our Instagram is @I_pike_I. But yeah, getting more gigs, which is hard.” Ashley Nielson: "I’m gonna spend that time just getting caught up on stuff and relaxing. I might have some friends over to hang out, but yeah, mostly just relaxing.” Patricia Aguilar: “I’m gonna hang out with friends and...

Mecch Obigwe: “My New Year’s resolution was to pray more, get an internship, and to lose some weight. Or get more active. You know what I’m saying? And get good grades.” Joshua Pathisseril: “I am studying for a degree and hopefully gonna be able to join the Air Force with using said knowledge I’ve learned and that is part of my New Year’s resolution along with losing weight.” Savion Daily: It's my...

Miguel Rosales: “I really like the DART. It’s like a 7 out of 10 because growing up I used to ride it all the time. It’s so dirty and it’s so unmaintained. Like, there’s this underground station in Dallas that smell like straight feces.” Steven Saban: “It’s pretty good, I’d probably say a 8 over-all. Sometimes there’s some disruptive people on the bus.”

Marcos Resencez: “There’s an old man that comes into my anatomy class and since I’m sitting right next to the door... He’s, like, ‘Young man, what’s that crap on the board?’ ... ‘That’s a skin’ ... ‘Yeah, I got one of those.’ And I’m just like, ‘OK.’” Sofia Salazan: “I saw a rat jump out of the garbage truck. I think the turtles are weird because, like, when you walk across the bridge they imme- diately come up because they think you’re gonna feed them?”

Minh Nguyen Van Le: “I’m from Vietnam and I’ve only been here since the start of August. I’d say the main thing I struggle with is the feeling of homesickness and adapting. To adapt to the life here is so different from my home country.” Ashlyn Stafford: “I’m originally from Ethiopia and I’ve been here for a couple months now. It took me a while to get a hang of things, cause of culture shock, you know. Eventually I got the hang of things!”

WE ASKED STUDENTS: Will the recent court rulings and state legislation on abortion affect your vote in the upcoming election?

Debbie Nguemah

“I would look at abortion because I think people need to choose what they want for their life not the government. Because its our own choice and body so why should the government interfere”

Miriam Abashron

“The thing is that I’m a Christian, and they talked about abortion in my class. And it did effect a lot. We plan to not vote for it, but we need to make abortion not legal for crime because you are killing a child”