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LaVernapalooza, the event students prepare for every year as the biggest party thrown by the University, seemed to once again go by in a flash May 10 at the Fox Theater in Pomona.

Student performers sang high notes and spun on trapezes as part of Leo Factor, a student talent show hosted by raunchy joke-telling drag queen Pandora Boxx.

Junior speech communication and philosophy major Tyler Faye Anderson designed Unidentifiable Creative, a content creation company dedicated to helping artists who cannot limit their art and ideas to one medium, showcasing their work and connecting them with endorsements, sponsorships and collaborations through online and social media promotion.

In a room of around 40 people, the lights dimmed and the performers took center stage, showcasing talents ranging from singing, instruments, comedy, spoken word performances, poetry and even juggling.

What should have been a weekend of self-expression through slam poetry quickly turned into a boycott of the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational when keynote speaker Mark Smith performed a racist poem to a conference full of diverse millennials.

With the use of chemical relaxers, African American women sometimes go to dangerous lengths to straighten their hair instead of rocking their natural curls.