Bilingual Events for the code switching generation

“I’mtransferringtoUCLA.Iapplied to a lot of other UCs, but I feel like UCLAisthemostprestigiousoutof theonesIgotinto.”-VinitChauhan, Physicsmajor

Ya es tiempo que Pierce College tenga más eventos en Español y en Inglés. Por qué?

Pierce College is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).

According to Calmatters. org, “HSIs sometimes lack the intentionality of HBCUs in centering students’ identities and cultures in campus programs, curricula and faculty hiring practices.”

So far, Pierce faculty and staff have brought us actor Danny Trejo, muralist Robert Vargas and several other notable public figures of Latin American origins. These successful Latinos inspire the students and the

“I’mtransferringtoUCIrvine. It'sbeenmydreamschoolsince probablybeforehighschool.”

-ValeriaVallejo,Sociologymajor community. Pierce needs more of these guests more often.

On top of that, the events can benefit from being in both English and Espanol.

Having more events hosted in Spanish may get more people to attend the events. At the same time, second, third, fourth generation students and mixed race students may benefit from being exposed to the language already spoken throughout the city.

Bilingual campus events and festivals may help the students fresh from El Salvador, from Honduras or from any country that typically make Los Angeles their new home feel more accepted in their new home county.

Pierce can get a survey of what newcomers from Central America, South America and Mexico are into as far as their cultures. After gathering such information, Pierce can start crafting events tailored around such traditions and interests. Provided that these events are fully realized and in dual language, there is a chance that they will appeal not only to Latin Americans but to the student body at large. College is a great time for students to learn and be inspired by other languages and cultures.

As diverse as Los Angeles

PRO: Wellness culture enriches society

Marjan Sharifi Reporter

With both Western and Eastern societies encouraging hard work, productivity and hustling, many individuals may consider themselves to be successful.

What we may not realize is that they are not able to take good care of their health due to working so hard and so much.

This is where wellness culture comes in.

“I'mtransferringtoUCLAbecause it'smydreamschool.It'sthebestin thecountryandIjustlovethewhole atmosphere,allthetreesandall thatstuff.”-DaisyLuna-Contreras, Sociologymajor

Wellness culture seems to have a different definition based on who you ask, but this way of life ultimately means that people are adopting practices, diets, habits and work outs that are supposed to provide a more healthy and holistic life. This can include a positive change in diets, journaling, mediation, regular exercise, yoga, eating organically and so much more.

Wellness culture is a growing and expanding industry. As more research is put into it, new ideas, products, regiments and experts emerge.

People rely on wellness regimens to watch their health, to balance work life, to keep health complications at bay or because they are inspired by social media health influencers.

““I'mtransferringtoCaliforniaState UniversityNorthridge.I'mvery excitedbecausethishasbeenmy dreamschoolsinceIwas12years old,andI'mgladthat19almost 20yearslater,thedreamofgoing theredidn'tstop.”-DavidTucker, Sociologymajor

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The benefits of taking watchful care of one’s health are aplenty.

Many corporations are adopting what is called “cultures of wellness”, and it has paid off.

An article from Forbes titled,“How You Can Nurture A Culture of Wellness”, recognizes that employees are happier, more productive and less stressed on the job when companies try to incorporate health and wellness into their places of employment.

Corporations are catching on to the fact that wellness culture has benefits that stretch beyond short term results. They are discovering that having happy and healthy employees help the bottom line and produce an enjoyable work culture.

The article from Journal of Intercultural Management (JOIM), “Towards Corporate Wellness: Health Culture and Wellness” discusses the advantages of wellness culture being incorporated into the workplace.

The article outlines that “labor costs are systematically increasing”. Because of these unanticipated losses in profit, companies took a different approach and started programs that promote health and wellness to improve the psychological and physical health of their employees.

This ultimately led “to companies being able to develop and improve.” msharifi.roundupnews@gmail.com is, the city still has segregation issues and racism. Pierce can be a place where its Latino students can come and enjoy a campus event hosted in Spanish and feel like they are a part of Los Angeles’ tapestry.

An article from ResearchGate, “Creating a Culture of Wellness: A Call to Action for Higher Education, Igniting Change in Academic Institutions”, discusses that wellness culture should be incorporated into higher education for it to help alleviate the issues of the increased chronic health complications in today’s society, as well as personal choices that lead to questionable and substandard health.

The article aims to start the conversation and bring “overall wellbeing” to college life, as these changes are planned to be extended not only to students but to faculty and staff as well.

As society changes day by day, a positive change that has developed is a closer consciousness towards health. Seeing the productive effect of these developments leads to the conclusion that this can only be better for people who are a part of the growing wellness culture.

Pierce has the ability to empower and embolden the students who identify as Latin American, Latine, Latinx. The school can bring more Spanish speaking accomplished actors, journalists, broadcasters and politicians. Latin Americans need to be exposed to more successful role models who they can identify with and see themselves in.

Sophia Cano Reporter

Eat healthier, think positive and exercise more and all your problems will go away--or so they say. Wellness culture has been the forefront of our society for as long as anyone can remember.

At the end of the day, health looks different for every person, and it is doing more harm than good.

Wellness culture in today’s society seems to be less about the health of an individual and more about the physical appearance. People are more likely to view themselves negatively if they are unable to or naturally don’t fit into this image, and are more likely to develop mental health issues.

An article from the National Library of Medicine titled, Body image satisfaction among female college students - PMC said that “Individuals who perceive their bodies negatively with regard to culturally valued features may have low self-esteem, low satisfaction in life and feeling of inferiority and pose themselves at higher risk for depression, anxiety or eating disorders.”

College students are likely to develop eating disorders stemming from dieting. Most students are venturing out on their own for the first time. With the introduction of new foods, influences from social media, and more responsibilities , it’s easier for students to fall into unhealthy dieting or binge eating.

The University of Michigan School of Public Health reported that approximately 35% of students have tried to lose weight from dieting - and 25% of those diets turn into eating disorders. These disorders have negative effects on a person’s body physically - in the form of vitamin deficiencies, extreme weight loss, menstrual cycle changes and fatigue. Eating habits and exercises formed by wellness culture can also have the opposite of the desired effect on a person. In cases of losing weight quickly through vigorous workouts and dieting, weight can come back faster.

The more bilingual events the school has, the more the school will enrich the lives and minds of the Spanish speaking students.

Let Pierce lean toward embracing the Spanish language in its events and festivities to create the new bilingual leaders of the United States. Perhaps in a generation or two, Pierce will boast that it cultivated the next Jesse Gabriel of politics, the new Rigoberta Menchu of human rights activism or the new Guillermo del Toro of filmmaking.

According to an article by Time “more than 80% of people with obesity who lose weight gain it back. That’s because when you lose weight, your resting metabolism (how much energy your body uses when at rest) slows down–possibly an evolutionary holdover from the days when food scarcity was common.”

The same article also reported that a person’s metabolism remains low even when your body gains the weight back, ultimately making it harder for a person to lose weight again in the future, in the case of extreme weight loss in short periods of time.

Wellness culture offers a ‘one size fits all’ approach to a healthy living, but in reality people need plans that are tailorfit to their needs, both mentally and physically. They need to be provided goals that allow them to reach their best self in healthy ways. Instead of focusing on trends and diets, people should be constructing eating habits that are fit to help them.

Wellness culture has the potential to create mental health problems, physical problems, and is overall not effective in helping someone become healthier. It should be avoided and instead be replaced by mental health resources and customized physical health solutions for one’s personal goals.