Matthew Ramirez leads a '0.5x selfie' with members of the newspaper and yearbook teams at the back-to-school journalism summer workshop on August 13, 2025.
"[Student] journalism is such an altruistic act that forces you to look beyond yourself. It forces you to listen more closely and recognize that your experiences aren’t necessarily the ones that always matter. Being a part of a news staff has changed how I view things and think as a person."
- Originally published in The Panther Press