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Posted on November 27, 2013June 4, 2020 by: Christine Michaels

OP-ED: Transgender individuals should not be left out of universal healthcare

It is not only fair, but also morally just to aid those in our nation in whatever way necessary. In a universal health care plan, everyone should be included.

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Posted on November 20, 2013October 17, 2017 by: Christine Michaels

EDITORIAL: A third party consultant is desperately needed

If anyone has been on this campus long enough, then you understand the hostile climate is crippling its functions.

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Posted on November 20, 2013June 4, 2020 by: Paul Ochoa

OP-ED: Keep your private life private

In a world where people share what they had for lunch on Tuesday, what they wore on Friday, and where they are now, why does it come as a surprise that someone is looking at this information?

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Posted on November 20, 2013December 4, 2013 by: Daron Grandberry

OP-ED: Universities should focus on grades, not facebook posts

Share: Students beware: check your hash-tags and keep the negative and expressive tweets to a minimum if you are planning on transferring to a four-year college or university. Follow:

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Posted on November 13, 2013April 2, 2021 by: Christine Michaels

OP-ED: There shouldn’t be starving college students

A bill is coming up for consideration that could have all California funded universities and colleges accept EBT cards, and rightly so.

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Posted on November 13, 2013June 4, 2020 by: Tiffany Herrera

OP-ED: Illegal immigrants shouldn’t get state money that citizens can’t get

If illegal immigrants don’t qualify for financial aid, why is it OK for California to give $5 million in state money for them to attend California colleges? The answer is it’s not OK. Not when there are so many students who were born here, or immigrants who actually came here legally, who are struggling to pay for college.

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Posted on November 6, 2013November 13, 2013 by: Bryan Acosta

OP-ED: The war on Slurpees is on

Should a 7-Eleven convenience store be allowed to open across PCC or is the war on Slurpees acceptable?

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Posted on November 6, 2013November 13, 2013 by: Paul Ochoa

OP-ED: 7-Eleven across campus would be an inconvenience

There are plans to open up a 7-Eleven across the street from PCC, and while many are excited because of the convenience it would bring, what they don’t think about is the problems that come with it as well.

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Posted on November 5, 2013June 4, 2020 by: Tiffany Herrera

OP-ED: Social media has a responsibilty to protect users information

In the age of lightning fast information and sharing one’s life on the Internet, social media users have to be careful of what they post. There are people out there waiting to get ahold of personal information to scam, sell something, or steal someone’s identity.

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Posted on November 5, 2013December 30, 2020 by: Tiffany Roesler

OP-ED: Users become face for social advertising

Share: For those out there still consistently using Facebook, you might have scrolled through your news feed recently and come across what looked like a normal post, until you realized it was an ad for a product one of your 700 friends liked. Follow:

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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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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.

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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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