Students give their opinions about Proposition 30.
COLUMN: What happened to students first?
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OP-ED: The popular vote should trump the Electoral College
It’s been just over a week since the presidential election and once again, the question about whether or not the United States should keep the Electoral College has come up yet again. The Electoral College should be abolished and the majority vote should determine who the president is, no matter what his or her political party affiliation is.
OP-ED: Are we there yet?
It’s the six-year-old sitting in the back of the summer vacation car. “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?â€
EDITORIAL: Green, red, purple or blue…it’s entirely up to you
Not only is voting for who will be our president important, but for those who favor neither Republican Mitt Romney nor Democrat Barack Obama, third party candidates and their propositions for change or reform can be accounted for with a vote as well.
VOICES: Is it important to vote in the election next week? Are you voting, why or why not?
Is it important to vote in next weeks election?
Prop. 36 brings back logic and reason
In the Middle Ages one would be thrown in the dungeon for years just for stealing a loaf of bread. In some Third World countries today you would get your hand cut off for a similar offense.
Amending the “Three Strikes” law is a recipe for disaster
In 1994 California voters passed Proposition 184, also known as the “Three Strikes†law and saw an overwhelming positive effect.
Students are not commodities, education is not a business
The decision in January to cut 96 classes a week before the start of the spring semester, the decision last month to eliminate winter session and to change the academic calendar were made in a manner that placed us all at the bottom of the Slinky, metaphorically speaking.