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Loans hold students back from prospective careers and life

Shaden Amleh | May 12, 2012

  Everybody has the right to free or affordable education. Many college students, however, spend their time worrying about how to pay back their student loans after graduating.  With a bad economy...

Has social media become the new most wanted list?

Has social media become the new most wanted list?

Jay Chow | May 12, 2012

Although having a Facebook account makes it easier to find and make friends, unbeknownst to many, the social networking website is also being used as a crime watch tool to target people of interest.  Amid...

PRO: Capital punishment ban qualifies for November ballot

Jay Chow | May 6, 2012

  Fair and simple, this measure should pass so that we can wash our hands of the death penalty once and for all. Some people may deserve to die, but the problems with capital punishment (also known as...

Technology hinders personal growth

Shaden Alamleh | May 6, 2012

The overuse of communication technology is a bad habit that many students are stuck in, but it will never replace the joy of communicating with each other and seeing the expression on people's faces.  On...

CON: Capital punishment ban qualifies for November ballot

Vanessa Contreras | May 6, 2012

  Abolishing capital punishment should not even be an option. A certain kind of closure is provided for families of victims when the murderer of their loved one is executed. If society wants to keep...

Silence in woman’s slaying reveals racism

Ailya Naqvi | April 29, 2012

If you have just flipped through the channels in the last month, the name Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman should be no anomaly to you. After neighborhood watch volunteer Zimmerman killed the unarmed...

Strip searches will silence opposition

Sam Amador | April 29, 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court has effectively silenced lawsuits against unwarranted strip searches by police since authorizing the searches for those arrested for minor offenses. Normally, jailers resort to...

Political will remains strong despite ethnic studies ban

Jay Chow | April 29, 2012

As educated populations of Latino youth will soon be old enough to vote, the Tucson, Ariz. school district decided to ban ethnic and Mexican American studies in retaliation for a loss of right-wing political...

School administrators line their pockets with increased fees from student tuition

Leila Forouhi | April 22, 2012

I am outraged that while public schools face deep cuts and increased tuition costs, the salaries of administrators have been steadily increasing.  Although purporting that they are doing all they...

Two-tier pricing scheme gives unfair advantage to those who can pay

Two-tier pricing scheme gives unfair advantage to those who can pay

Brenda Norrie | April 22, 2012

The budget crisis is nothing new for California colleges. Nannette Miranda with ABC local reported that starting May 2012, community college tuition is increasing by $10 a unit to $46, making it more...

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