Kristina Rocha

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Worked on 29 assignments, created 3, named on 9 bylines for The Chaffey Breeze.

By (Kristina as desk editor) + 2 others for The Chaffey Breeze - 3 min read

International Student Week

November 16 – 19 the International Student Center held International Education Week. There was a flag parade led by a Dohl drummer, along with tables set up to educate students on the different cultures on campus including a Saudi Arabia table providing free henna tattoos and a Nigerian one, educating students on different ways to wear head wraps. The festival...

By (Kristina as desk editor) + 2 others for The Chaffey Breeze - 4 min read

Hijab Challenge - Feminism with a Dash of Eastern Spice

To foster religious tolerance and understanding, the Muslim Student Association (MSA) at Chaffey College conducted the Hijab Challenge from Nov. 23 through Nov. 25. The event included a panel seminar titled "Unveiling the Essence of Hijab" on the first day. Guest speakers included Religious Director at Middle Ground Muslim Center Marc Manley, Programming director of Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative Margari Hill...

By (Kristina as desk editor) + 2 others for The Chaffey Breeze - 4 min read

Infected

“This was more than we expected, definitely a success” Mohammed Khan, Vice-President of ASCC and co-host of the Humans vs Zombies (HVZ) Scavenger Hunt held Oct. 29, said about the event. He and president of the ReActive club, Justin Blue, modeled Chaffey’s first collaborative Halloween effort between ReActive and ASCC after CAL Poly’s quarterly week-long tag event. “We’ve seen 5k...

By + 2 others for The Chaffey Breeze - 6 min read

Another Bites The Dust

Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) and SAB Miller (SAB. L) add themselves to the growing list of beer takeovers. Agreement of intent was announced Oct. 13, but their formal merger has been postponed, for a second time, to Nov. 11. The $104 billion union between BUD, itself a merged corporation, formally Anheuser Busch and InBev, with SAB. L This will be the...

By (Kristina as editor-in-chief) + 2 others for The Chaffey Breeze - 3 min read

More Running

When "The Maze Runner" was released in fall of 2014, the reviews team at the Breeze found it to be a fun, clever little young-adult adaptation that stood out from the many other YA titles, deserving of the "B+" grade. Fans will most likely enjoy seeing these characters once again onscreen. Just don't expect any sense of mystery and creativity...

By (Kristina as desk editor) + 2 others for The Chaffey Breeze - 4 min read

Panthers' Prospective Futures

The flicker of the scoreboard can be seen across a field of freshly cut grass. The recently painted Panther logo is now visible from the parking lot. The energy from the bleachers is now explosive with screaming fans here to support the Chaffey College football team. For some students, this is just another community college football team, but for those...

By (Kristina as editor-in-chief) + 2 others for The Chaffey Breeze - 3 min read

Agent 47 Misses the Mark

All video game film adaptations seem to have the same thing in common: they suck. "Hitman: Agent 47" may not be the worst adaptation, but that’s not really saying much. Like the video game it’s based on, "Hitman Agent 47" revolves around the genetically modified, stone-cold killer Agent 47 (Rupert Friend), an assassin who works for the ICA (International Contracts...

By (Kristina as editor-in-chief) + 2 others for The Chaffey Breeze - 2 min read

Life, Love, Depression - Neil Hilborn’s “Our Numbered Days”

Neil Hilborn arrived on the poetry scene when a video of him performing his outstanding poem “OCD” went viral 2 years ago. It is no surprise that he recently released a collection of poetry entitled “Our Numbered Days.” This is a fresh, emotional and at times tongue-in-cheek collection. I cannot say that it is strong, relative to some of Hilborn’s...

By (Kristina as editor-in-chief) + 2 others for The Chaffey Breeze - 4 min read

Strength of Street Knowledge

Like being held at gunpoint, the cold open of the N. W. A. biopic, “Straight Outta Compton”, hooks the audience with a drug deal gone bad. As things progress, the story surrounding the group’s early years — prior to stardom — sustains that same intensity and emotion for a while, demonstrating how their lives from Compton, CA truly affected their...

By (Kristina as desk editor) + 2 others for The Chaffey Breeze - 3 min read

How to save your life for at least 10 more years

America is a nation where it’s okay to push the thought of a newborn about as far away as the thought of jury duty, which is why Plan B exists. Consequently, innovations created for women’s birth control in the last six decades has placed a massive burden, along with negative social mores, on women's shoulders. Other than condoms and vasectomies,...