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Meet the new repressed minority, the 1 percent

Harold Banks, Freelancer | February 3, 2014

Attention, all rich people! Lock your gates, hide your valuables and arm your children. The progressives are coming, and they’re looking for blood. The liberal left’s anti-job creator propaganda...

Don’t ignore the Sochi Winter Olympics

Jay Serrano, Opinions editor | February 3, 2014

Not watching the Olympics to protest Russia’s inhumane homophobic laws may sound like a noble idea, but the protest is not going to work. It’s going to hurt the wrong people and, most importantly,...

Letter to the Editor – Jan. 27, 2014

Will Wang, De Anza Student | January 26, 2014

I am a student at De Dirty College. I mean De Anza College. Every day as I walk from the parking lot to my classes, the parking structure’s floor is covered with trash and filth! I can spot meal...

Online classes not revolutionary

Krystal Alvarado, Staff Writer | January 26, 2014

There are many things you can and should do online. Taking online classes is not one of these things. After taking one online class, I would never take another unless I absolutely had too. As a student...

Addiction to social media dominates lives

Jeff Facun, Staff Reporter | January 26, 2014

Imagine a scenario where a group of friends sits down at a restaurant, and instead of talking, they pull out their phones and text or plays games instead of talking to one another. This scenario has...

Equal Internet for all

Jay Serrano, Assistant Opinions Editor | January 21, 2014

Net neutrality is dead, and its passing should terrify everybody who uses the Internet. A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the Federal Communications Commission did not have the authority...

Online petitions simple, effective

Rika Kumar, Features Editor | January 21, 2014

Online petitions are more effective than pen and paper petitions because they are easy to create and easy to access and share. According to online petition site Change.org, “When hundreds or even...

Stop and frisk inherently biased

Abraham Abundis | January 21, 2014

New York City’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy is finally on its way out, marking the end of a practice that violated the Constitution and racially discriminated. Stop and frisk should not be...

Soldiers make (her)story

Andrew Boyce, Staff Writer | January 5, 2014

In February 2013, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey directed the military to integrate women into combat positions by the start of...

Community cannot ignore sexual assualt

Jacob Sisneros, Sports Editor | January 5, 2014

Until we treat sexual assault as the serious offense that it is, the problem will continue. While The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network defines sexual assault as “unwanted sexual contact that...