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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.
Editorial: Everyone should vote for Proposition 30
Share: It has been an unusual semester. The campus has been in a state of disarray—reeling from class cuts, student protests, a disputed faculty contract situation, the replacing of the winter intersession with a three-semester calendar, and a complete revamping of the school’s bureaucracy. These hasty, significant changes in the foundational system of PCC all stem from one thing: the big wigs up in Sacramento haven’t been giving PCC enough money. But, we, the PCC community can do something to help fix, or at least …
Budget crisis an excuse for draconian changes
Education is an intellectual and social endeavor, not an economic enterprise.
Death penalty continues endless cycle of violence
The death penalty is inhumane, expensive, and just continues an endless cycle of violence.
