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LAUSD’s $18.8B budget leaves schools scrambling for basic supplies

By Joel Nam, Editor-in-Chief Dec 11, 2025
LAUSD's $18.8 billion "historic" budget is leaving schools scrambling for basic supplies. Despite the large total, enrollment decline and complex district formulas mean individual campuses like Van Nuys High School are cutting field trips, limiting printing paper, and facing significant financial uncertainty at the classroom level.
There has never been a single standard of beauty; the standards have changed based on what is most beneficial to the oppressive systems of the time. 

The horrors of beauty standards

By Alexa Ballesteros, Staff Writer May 2, 2023
Beauty standards, the patriarchy’s best friend. It’s sad, really, to see not only what beauty standards have done to our current society, but why they have become the way that they are now.  
On social media, he is perceived by his cult-like following as an icon and role model; a self-made man who paved the way for privatized space travel. 

Elon Musk: Praise the vision, not the man

By Angelica Venturina, Print Editor-in-Chief Apr 14, 2023

The abridged version of this article appeared in the Feb. 2023 print edition of The Mirror. This is an uncut version. Everyone knows Elon Musk; multi-billionaire, owner of Tesla and SpaceX and owner...

Beverly Regino an ap art student, takes us on the journey of the new Ai art generator, and how today's artists are being affected.

AI: Artistic Infringement

By Beverly Regino, Creative Director Mar 3, 2023
As AI-generated art becomes more prevalent, questions arise about the legal and ethical implications of these 'artificial artists' and their potential impact on copyright laws.
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