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Posted on May 16, 2012 by: Alumni Staff

Obama’s gay marriage stance is a political ploy

President Barack Obama’s endorsement of same sex marriage is a strategic maneuver in the game called reelection. It was all just a matter of when the announcement would come.

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Posted on May 9, 2012September 28, 2012 by: Alumni Staff

Students Deserve Bail Out Too

The argument is simple. If consumers who spend beyond their means are able to get a ticket out, why not afford the same luxury to students who simply get an education beyond their means? And if the government can bail out the banks, why cant it bail out the struggling, educated masses?

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Posted on May 9, 2012September 28, 2012 by: Alumni Staff

The UC & CSU system is failing you

As both students and parents continue to endure the escalating cost of higher education, many examine whether attending a private university, where tuition is much higher than a public university, is worth the expense.

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Posted on May 2, 2012September 28, 2012 by: Alumni Staff

Death penalty gives victims justice

Although California has executed only 13 people since the death penalty was re-introduced in 1978, the state should not abolish capital punishment.  The problem with the death penalty is in the way the courts deal with those on death row. 

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Posted on May 2, 2012September 28, 2012 by: Alumni Staff

Death Penalty should be abolished in California

  Not only is it unethical to kill, it is unethical to have everyone suffer from the enormous cost of something that is not being carried out as planned. Californians should vote in favor of the proposition.

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Posted on May 2, 2012September 28, 2012 by: Alumni Staff

Priority changes won’t help majority of students

The Board of Trustees approved at its March 7 meeting a new policy to start giving first year experience (FYE) students higher priority as to help quicken the transfer process, but the initiative will only seem to hinder a majority of other students and should not be pursued.

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Posted on May 2, 2012September 28, 2012 by: Alumni Staff

EDITORIAL: Creativity must be embraced to save higher education

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Posted on April 11, 2012September 28, 2012 by: Alumni Staff

Enrollment freeze will only worsen problems

California State University officials see that closing the doors for enrollment as a solution towards the budget crisis, but by doing so they’re taking away the chance for students to create a better life for themselves. Axing thousands from the opportunity to attend college will not only hurt the future of the economy but the future of education as well.

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Posted on April 11, 2012September 28, 2012 by: Alumni Staff

Trayvon Martin Shooting is All About Race

The Trayvon Martin shooting unavoidably has race written all over. Martin’s skin color, George Zimmerman’s racial background, even the teenager’s hoodie. Now set that aside, and one is left with initial problem. What right did Zimmerman have to interrogate Martin in the first place? He is not a police officer.

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Posted on April 4, 2012September 28, 2012 by: Alumni Staff

Scaring smokers will not help them quit

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has invested in a $54 million ad campaign, graphically depicting the realities of diseased smokers for the next 12 weeks. Since the campaign’s first run on March 19, smoking cessation agencies like 1800-QUIT-NOW have doubled in both inquiries and phone calls – a sign that the ads are actually working.

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Jessie Shone, Features Editor Halle Mitchell, Assistant News Editor Asa Stonebraker, Editor-in-Chief Maryam Tall and Carmely Contreras from Pasadena City College (PCC) Courier look and discuss the Journalism of Community Colleges (JACC) SoCal Regional Conference 2026 session guide to choose the first breakout #1 session they want to go to while they complain about the keynote speech "AI & Its Impacts on the Newsroom" by Olivia Smith from University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg in the first floor of Manzanita Hall at California State University Northridge (CSUN) on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. Shone told them, "I can't even call her [Smith] a journalist. For an 'Artifical Intellegence (AI) Specialist' she relies on AI way too much to answer basic questions..." 

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Duc Le sits in the Valley View News room in California State University of Northridge, in Northridge, Calif, on Saturday, October 10, 2026.

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Taylor Fitzgerald, Henry Horn and Jessie Shone sit in for the keynote speech, “AI & Its Impacts on the Newsroom” in Kurland Lecture Hall at California State University Northridge at Northridge, Calif. on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026.

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Etymology major at Pierce College, Samantha Jauregui, practices for their upcoming Folklore de Mexico showcase with their folklorico club on the Sierra Quad at California State University of Northridge in Northridge, California on Saturday, October 10, 2026. The Ballet Folklorico Aztlan de CSUN has been a club since 1969, and is one of the oldest folcklorico groups in the Northridge area.

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Nathan McIntire, Jesus Huerta, Sebastian Rocha, and Asa Stonebraker sit in the keynote speech "AI & Impacts on the Newsroom" by Olivia Smith in Kurland Lecture Hall at California State University Northridge (CSUN) on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026.
Here at the JACC the courier decided to ask profes Here at the JACC the courier decided to ask professors from other colleges how they use AI on their campus and in their journalism rooms.

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Editor: Tj Collins 

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Today at the JACC, the regional journalism confere Today at the JACC, the regional journalism conference for community colleges, held a feature keynote relating to implementing Artificial intelligence. Let’s see how student journalists view these talking points.

Reporter: Halle Mitchell 
Editor: Aaron Serrano
In light of @livnews ‘s lecture at JACC on the eth In light of @livnews ‘s lecture at JACC on the ethics of Artificial Intelligence, and her encouragement for student journalism departments to enforce their own AI policies, The Courier makes its own official‼️
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