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Letters
Time for Self-Reflection
On April 25 Muslims around the world
will enter the month of Ramadan. During
this month, Muslims refrain from eating
and drinking from dawn to sunset. They
also strive for more self-control, such as not
easily getting angry.
The day begins with “suhur” or the predawn
breakfast. Then Muslims do not eat
and drink until sunset. These days the fast
will last approximately 15 hours. However,
the most important purpose of Ramadan
is to become a better person because by
refraining from eating and drinking, Islam
teaches us to become more self-conscious,
to become more aware about the purpose of
life, to worship God and do good to fellow
human being. The hardest part is not giving
up food or drink but rather how to improve
our condition to become a better person.
Thus if a Muslim fasts but still continues
to have bad thoughts, materialistic desire,
or being ungrateful, then the true purpose
of Ramadan is not achieved.
There are many articles encouraging people
how to cope during this Covid-19 crisis from
mental health to gratefulness. Ramadan gives
us the ability to understand the purpose of
life. It teaches us how to appreciate each
little thing we have. We learn to care for
each other because after all irrespective of
our differences we have one thing in common
that is to live in peace.
– Khalida Jamilah •
The Future is Bright
for Madison Kellum
By Gregg McMullin
Each year high schools across the nation
celebrate their seniors graduating. At the graduation
ceremonies, speeches by the Valedictorian
give us hope that our future is in good hands.
When you meet El Segundo high school senior
Madison Kellum for the first time and listen
to what she has to say, you instantly recognize
a bright future for all of us.
A good student might take one or two AP
classes and weather through the intimidation
of challenging courses. Madison’s schedule is
a bit more daunting when you consider she’s
taking AP Literature, AP Calculus, AP Statistics,
AP U.S. History and AP Psychology. On top
of that, her 4.5 GPA is a testament to her brilliant
classroom success. To stay current for her
classroom studies, she participates in weekly
Zoom calls for Spanish, English, and ASB!
She has been studying for her AP Calculus,
AP Literature, and AP statistics exams. Her
teachers have been very accessible via email
and video chat. But if you ask her, she’d rather
be in a classroom setting.
Madison says she loves all of her classes
but has a clear favorite. “My favorite class
this year is AP Literature. I love having long
conversations with Ms. Gerber and discussing
how the literature relates to the current political
climate as well as analyzing the works from
a historical context.”
Madison’s success in the classroom is just part
of her story. Besides being an excellent student,
a friend to all, she is a community volunteer and
a fundraiser.” I’ve helped our YMCA do lots
of fundraising. Last year, our team of teenagers
raised $10,000 through planning a dance,
having call nights, and service projects such
as a car wash.” She has worked as an intern
for Los Angeles City Councilman, Mike
Bonin. “I answered phone calls and helped
solve constituent issues such as potholes, tree
trimming, and illegal dumping.”
Madison is very involved in the ASB at
school and has served as class treasurer
each year and ASB treasurer her senior year.
She, along with Ella Tichy and Amanda
Thoman, planned the football snack bar, as
well as the prom and homecoming last year.
Madison lives in Westchester and is highly
involved in a program called Youth and
Government through the YMCA. She has
served as treasurer last year and president
this year. They have weekly meetings and
have attended conferences, two in Fresno
and one in Sacramento in the past. At these
conferences, they write bills, model court
cases, elect officials, and model the government.
“We plan service events such as
beach cleanup and a Halloween event called
‘Spooktacular’ for our YMCA!”
With Madison’s incredible academic scores
and her community involvement, she was
recently notified that she had been nominated
and inclusion in the U.S. Presidential Scholars
Program. The U.S. Presidential Scholars
Program was established in 1964 during the
Lyndon B Johnson’s presidential term. It is
in recognition and to honor some of our nation’s
high school graduating seniors for their
accomplishments in the classroom, academic
Madison Kellum has been selected as a semi-finalist for the U.S.
Presidential Scholars Program.
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Relive “Once in a Lifetime” Music Moments
in Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
By Morgan Rojas for Cinemacy.com
My first Coachella experience was unforgettable.
The year was 2011. I slept in a tent
and didn’t shower for three days. I busted out
dance moves I didn’t know I had to Duck
Sauce in the Sahara tent. I was serenaded by
The Tallest Man on Earth’s acoustic guitar
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Fire played Wake Up and a sea of white
balloons fell from the sky like magic. Yes,
Coachella was my heaven on earth, and in
its absence this season due to COVID-19
prevention, watching this documentary at
full volume and with space to dance is the
next best thing.
The new documentary Coachella: 20 Years
in the Desert, streaming for free on YouTube,
captures the evolution of the festival that has
become one of the most famous events in
America. Directed by Chris Perkel, the film is
a video diary of the festival’s 20-year history;
starting from its inception and punk rock roots
in 1999 to recent collaborations with mainstream
headliners Beyoncé and Kanye West.
What started out as a two-day, 40,000-attendee
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double weekend, 90,000 person-attended one.
Interviews with prominent figures in
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anecdotes. From hosting the first reunion
show of Jane’s Addiction to dissecting the
2012 Tupac hologram, and even claiming
that Daft Punk’s performance birthed the
EDM movement, Coachella’s rich history
is something unlike any other.
Artist Shepard Fairey said it best, “Coachella
isn’t defined by genre, it’s just ‘good is good.’”
It has and continues to draw the biggest artists
in the world, Radiohead, Bon Iver, Madonna,
A-Trak, Rage Against The Machine, Pixies,
and Björk just to name a few. Here’s hoping
its absence in 2020 will be just a blip in the
Coachella legacy, and it’ll come back next
year, bigger and better than ever. •
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert, courtesy of Coachella
Morgan Rojas
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