by Louie Aragon. Everything in my life was going crazy, nothing was in control and I had no idea what to do except to take life on and step outside…
Were you able to get hold of a copy of the Fall print edition of the base line? Here is a copy to download for your reading pleasure. To download, …
Story and photography by Michelle Menes. Adam Kwasnaza and Sandy Walsh met through an online dating website. Six months later, the Pennsylvania couple found out that together, they had…
Story by Julian Aiden Bravo, art by Natalie Thomas. Going through a tonsillectomy the day before Thanksgiving is easily the most idiotic thing to do, and that’s exactly what I…
by Yi-jie Huo.
story by Mark Nevarez, photography by Michelle Menes. His gaze rises from the table, looking up at the wall, floor to ceiling one big rack of wine. Dark cross patterned…
by Amanda Billie Guerrero. My morning is defined by a list of daily rituals that consists of: thanking Lucifer with a sacrificial lamb and a satanic hymn, making my favorite…
by Isaiah Mcnair-Wilson. I noticed the morning fog was ominously thick when I was waiting at the bus December 6th. That kind of weather is probably the only weather that…
by Julie Cosgrove. A slideshow follows, below the story. On a hot, sunny October morning, two representatives from Spurse, a design collective, led more than a dozen curious students…
by Austin Pacheco. Jake Gordon sits on his bed recalling his memories of heroin use, of all the times he shot up. He had been using just over a year…
by Hanajun Chung. In 1994, I went to one of the two local cinemas on my island (Guam). It was me, an aunt, and a few cousins and we went…
by Julie Cosgrove. When Tania Mora graduated from high school four years ago, she fell into a funk because as an undocumented immigrant, she felt she had no future. Her friends…
by Brittny Delgado. Chaffey College student, Caitlin Robertson, 21, of Fontana, wears a blue baseball cap and matching blue jacket as she makes her way around the disabilities programs and…
by Julie Cosgrove. Including student testimonials. For the past four years, art history instructor, Denise Johnson, has been an advocate for adjunct, or part-time faculty, who currently make up 77%…
by Bailee Epperson. There is only one thing in life that is permanent and guaranteed. Not even our sadness, our material objects, or even our happiness will go unchanged indefinitely.…
by Chris Salazar. Photography by Sean Henry. Technocratic rationalism or technocracy So the previous post was a primer, an introduction to the concept of what a “progress trap” is. Today…
A Conversation with Charles Apple, focus editor, Orange County Register, by Val Gonzales. Apple’s blog can be found at: http://www.Charlesapple.com
by Brittny Delgado. Fall is the time of year when many young people head off to college, leaving behind not just home but the significant other from a romantic relationship.…
by Francisco Paz. Photo by Sean Henry. A blue house with overextending porch. Brown house with a lion roaring Chihuahua. White house with perfect landscape, and a green house with…
by Karina Colorado, OBOC essay contest finalist. “All the good ones die young.” I don’t believe that’s true. Death does not choose you for who or what you are. Sometimes…
