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Courier journalists capture Pasadena City College students response to President Obama’s recent announcement that he supports the legalization of same-sex marriages.
Produced by PCC Courier journalists Antonio Gandara and Karla Sosa.
©2012 A. Gandara, K. Sosa / PCC Courier
Tears of relief, not sadness were shed by Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers student who was found guilty of spying on his roommate with a webcam, after a judge made the right call by leniently slapping him with a 30-day jail sentence. However, some might think it wasn’t punishment enough when you throw in the fact that his roommate, Tyler Clementi, was gay and ended his own life by jumping off a bridge after discovering Ravi told others of his encounter with another man.
The maximum sentence for Ravi’s crimes is ten years in jail. Many, including some gay activists, were hoping for leniency in a case of a prank gone wrong, but nobody expected how lenient Judge Glen Berman would be.
Things are in flux in the Los Angeles basketball world. The Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs by Oklahoma City in an ugly game five loss, and the Clippers got the broom treatment from San Antonio in a dominant four-game sweep.
Political candidates are judged on everything they do, and have done for that matter. Some may argue that a candidate’s past has no bearing on his present character, and that it has nothing to do with a campaign. That may be the case, but the way they handle a shameful incident from their past tells you a lot about their present character.
Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised plan to balance California’s budget by cutting more money from those who are still struggling will cause more harm than good.
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.
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?
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.