Isaac Ochoa, Editor-in-Chief
Communications senior Isaac Ochoa is a third-year journalist on The Muse. He hails from south of the border where life is much more mellow yet dangerous. He is president of the Latin-Hispanic Heritage Club and has a passion for the environment that has led him to become a vegetarian. Now reflecting on his four years of high school, he wonders why he joined The Muse. After spending countless hours behind a desk writing, editing, designing and solving last minute setbacks, Ochoa has come to the conclusion that only masochistic students join school newspapers. Fortunately, he doesn’t mind the extra work. Ochoa hopes to continue to raise the standards of The Muse through experimental work. Sometimes he fails miserably, but it’s okay.
![(L-R) Strings juniors Kevonna Shuford and Maria Fernandez laugh while discussing the good and bad of journalism.
“Journalism [reminds me of] being sneaky and deceptive because the news can be altered slightly depending on the source. The stuff that we hear is normally a little sugarcoated or exaggerated,” Shuford said.
“Journalism reminds me of the truth and exploited pieces of the truth because [journalism] may be completely accurate and a good portion of journalism is that way. However, there is a lot of yellow journalism going on now. Many events are exaggerated and unreliable sources nowadays take little portions of the truth and twist them for public appeal,” Fernandez said.](https://www.themuseatdreyfoos.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Kevonna-Shuford-Maria-Fernandez-Recovered-e1425063103256-900x787.jpg)
![(L-R) visual freshman Tiffany Breen and dance freshman Madison McCue discuss media censorship.
"It is not censored if it involves us because that is all [the press] cares about," McCue said.
"People say to go view British news because it is not biased toward the United States," Breen said.](https://www.themuseatdreyfoos.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Tiffany-Breen-Madiscon-McCue-Sandra-Denker-e1424799615160-837x900.jpg)
![“Journalism is giving people information on topics so they can formulate their own opinions on [world issues]. It enlightens people on the different events, opinions and issues occurring across the globe,” Piano sophomore Sophia Oaks said.](https://www.themuseatdreyfoos.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/IMG_3975-e1424711843722-900x879.jpg)