While taking everyone’s feelings into consideration is important, someone’s freedom of speech should never be silenced for fear of not being politically correct.
OP-ED: Hard work is the solution for students of color
According to a recent University of Texas at Austin report, male students of color have lower academic outcomes than White male students who are significantly less engaged.
OP-ED: Students react to NBA’s lifetime ban on Clippers owner Donald Sterling
Share: On Tuesday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver brought the hammer down on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for the fallout of his racist comments, banning him for life from all NBA activities or business with the league going forward. “I fully expect to get the support I need from the other NBA owners to remove him,” Silver said in Tuesday’s press conference. “We stand together in condemning Mr. Sterling’s views. They simply have no place in the NBA.” The recorded comments between Sterling and …
OP-ED: Financial circumstances should not be a factor in admitting students
Share: Based on some concerning facts and studies, financial aid is no longer about helping students pay for college, but rather a strategy used to attract students they want, admit the students they need and encourage others to stay away. Follow:
OP-ED: A plastic society prompted by social networking and celebrity status
As a society are we becoming so self-obsessed with beauty and physical perfection that all concerns for mental and physical health are going out in bags of liposuctioned fat? Or is this just another trendy fad that will phase-out over time as the boredom over the plastic looking visages gained through massive amounts of costly—and often dangerous—surgeries which remove all the unique characteristics from the human face?
Associate Students 2014-2015 Candidates
Share: Jordyn Orozco, Students for Progress …
EDITORIAL: Apologize about the real problem
It seems that every time the District tries to cover up the commencement debacle, it digs itself a deeper pit to fall into.
Former UCLA Dean to PCC: ‘Shame on you!’
Share: Outraged by the Board’s treatment of Oscar winner and PCC alumnus Dustin Lance Black, a long-time dean and professor at UCLA sent a scathing letter to Board President Anthony Fellow expressing his anger and disbelief. Follow:
OP-ED: NCAA Treats Athletes Like Indentured Servants
Share: Last week the University of Connecticut won the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship. However, the celebration was overshadowed by the news that Connecticut’s point guard, Shabazz Napier, made comments before the game about going to bed hungry some nights. Follow:
OP-ED: The DACA sees limitations to progress
Share: When the Obama administration introduced the Deferred Action for Children Arrivals (DACA) program in August 2012, it was meant to to be an important step toward achieving the overall goal of a more comprehensive immigration reform policy that would provide for a more permanent solution to the estimated 11 million immigrants and their children. Follow: