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Ari Sorokin

Ari Sorokin, Opinion Reporter

Dogs are Ari Sorokin’s first true love and caring for them is his pride and joy. He loves keeping an active and creative lifestyle through his passion of drawing, writing and yoga. Sorokin is also a bit crazy about Indian culture.

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 The cover of “Destiny Disrupted.”

‘Destiny Disrupted’: The story of Islam and world history

Ari Sorokin, Opinion Reporter
November 28, 2024

"Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes" by Tamim Ansary is one of my favorite reads this year. It provides an eye-opening experience revealing the common ways the world’s 1.5...

In our heightened political climate, it's easy to point the finger. Graphic was created on Oct 24 by Nadia Hill.

Democracy is fine for now

Ari Sorokin, Opinion Reporter
October 31, 2024

Throughout this hotly-contested run for president, divisive messages have been flying from both sides of the aisle. Both sides seek to create the perception that the republic is at risk and that they will...

Second year student Anakin Hunter, right, disagrees with the speaker's message and prays after listening to him outside of the Bell Memorial Union at Chico State Tuesday, Sep. 24, 204.

The polarizing truth about the campus preacher

Ari Sorokin, Reporter
October 19, 2024

Recently, a firebrand preacher calling himself "Brother Matt" came to campus passionately preaching the sins he saw and encouraged people to embrace his versions of Christianity to avoid hell.  The...

Matt Walsh dressed as a progressive person reading How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendy. Courtesy: Dailywire+

‘Am I Racist:’ A Cathartic Comedy.

Ari Sorokin, Opinion Reporter
October 14, 2024

The DailyWire’s new film “Am I Racist,” starring conservative political commentator Matt Walsh, hilariously exposes the absurdity of American racial discourse with Borat-like tactics that haven't...

Ari Sorokin's iPhone with the audiobook for Hillbilly elegy

3 Lessons from ‘Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis’

Ari Sorokin, Opinion Reporter
October 4, 2024

“Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” by Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance is a memoir of his life and how he managed to capture the American dream and serve as an example...

Modified Hamas Flag draped with red instead of green.

Palestinian ‘resistance’ uses sexual assault

Ari Sorokin, Reporter
May 11, 2024

This year is the 23rd anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. While Take Back the Night impressed me, I was disappointed by Chico State’s and our Jewish community's silence about the sexual violence...

Most Americans know how to go into a mosh pit or grind, but that isn’t dancing. From: Pexels

Americans should dance more

Ari Sorokin, Reporter
May 5, 2024

I recently attended the International prom and noticed while many people wanted to dance, they couldn’t. And these weren’t just uptight Americans who think dancing is not for men, but people who are...

Me meditating on a Barudaber temple in a 2016 Indonesia. Photo taken by my Mom, Iris Giladi.

The depth of my apreciation for India

Ari Sorokin, Reporter
May 4, 2024

For years, I have been utterly obsessed with Indian culture, ever since I learned about Hinduism in my middle school history class. This curiosity solidified when I went to Indonesia, a country culturally...

Holocaust Survivor Joseph Alexander meets local Rabbi Lisa Rappaport. Photo taken April 14 by Molly Myers.

101-year-old Holocaust survivor visits Chico

Ari Sorokin, Reporter
April 17, 2024

Holocaust survivors are becoming rare as many of them are reaching the end of their lives. Soon the holocaust will lose all of its living sources.  People from all over Chico filled the Pleasant Valley...

Cristian Cisneros Hernandez, left, and Rishika Tyagi, right, are running for the vice president of business and finance in the 2024 Associated Students general election.

Cristian Cisneros Hernandez, Rishika Tyagi run for vice president of business and finance

Lukas Mann and Ari Sorokin
April 2, 2024

Cristian Cisneros Hernandez and Rishika Tyagi are running for vice president of business and finance in the 2024 Associated Students general election. To read more about each candidate, see below. Cristian...

Gaia Villani, Marlena Moreno run for College of Communication and Education senator

Gaia Villani, Marlena Moreno run for College of Communication and Education senator

Ariana Powell and Ari Sorokin
April 1, 2024

Gaia Villani and Marlena Moreno are running for College of Communication and Education senator in the 2024 Associated Students general election. To read more about each candidate, see below. Gaia...

What I learned from talking to pro-life activists

What I learned from talking to pro-life activists

Ari Sorokin, Reporter
March 18, 2024

Chico State is a school where immense sexual freedom and promiscuity is contrasted by a strong community of vocal supporters of traditional values. This contrast led me to delve into conversations I never...

Ari Sorokin at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Photo courtesy Ari Sorokin.

An Israeli’s hope for dialogue

Ari Sorokin, Contributor
December 23, 2023

My name is Ari and I am a freshman who is currently undeclared, but I see myself going down the path of international relations and perhaps joining the state department. Throughout my life, I have been...