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Posted on October 29, 2013June 4, 2020 by: Christine Michaels

OP-ED: Four-year degrees need to stay at four-year institutions

The California Community College system is considering a plan to offer baccalaureate degrees at community colleges.

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Posted on October 28, 2013March 23, 2017 by: Tiffany Herrera

OP-ED: Community colleges should give four-year degrees

Community colleges are designed to be two-year schools but a lot of the time students take classes for four or more years just to transfer.

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Posted on October 23, 2013October 30, 2013 by: Justin Clay

OP-ED: U.S. War on Drugs, an expensive exercise in futility

The focus of the War on Drugs needs to be changed to fit a contemporary landscape. Decriminalization would be more effective in combatting the spread of drug use.

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Posted on October 16, 2013October 23, 2013 by: Luis Rodriguez

OP-ED: Posters create atmosphere of fear

They’re plastered on classroom doors and walls, available in convenient pamphlet form and even blown up to draw attention.

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Posted on October 16, 2013October 23, 2013 by: Raymond Bernal

OP-ED: Posters that may help save lives

Some may find the Lone Shooter posters around campus silly and others may even snicker at them but the life they save may be your own.

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Posted on October 8, 2013June 4, 2020 by: Christine Michaels

OP-ED: Shutdown, the most pointless ever

As the U.S. is in its second week of a partial federal government shutdown, many are placing the blame on the Republican-run House of Representatives.

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Posted on October 8, 2013October 8, 2018 by: Tiffany Herrera

OP-ED: The blame game in congress over the shutdown is ridiculous

The media would have you believe that the shutdown was the Republicans’ fault because they don’t like Obamacare. But that is not the case.

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Posted on October 2, 2013November 2, 2020 by: Daron Grandberry

OP-ED: Affordable care act brings more decisions for students.

October 1 marked the first time Americans were able to shop for private insurance in health insurance marketplaces under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

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Posted on September 25, 2013April 2, 2021 by: Samantha Molina

OP-ED: AB 60 is good for everyone’s safety

The passing of California Assembly Bill 60 also known as the Safe and Responsible Driver Act is not only a great advancement for public safety on the road but also a significant step towards immigrating reform.

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Posted on September 25, 2013October 22, 2013 by: Philip McCormick

OP-ED: Financial Aid Office in need of reform

Complaints upon complaints keep accumulating every year at the Financial Aid Office, as students get told one story about their financial aid and something else ends up happening. The financial aid office needs to get its act in order and try not to make as many unacceptable mistakes that seemed to be negatively impacting student’s lives.

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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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