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Posted on February 27, 2013March 20, 2013 by: Alumni Staff

VOICES: How do you feel about the increase in minimum wage?

Students give their opinion about the potential increase in minimum wage

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Posted on February 26, 2013September 15, 2020 by: Tiffany Roesler

OP-ED: Pope is irrelevant in the United States

Let’s face it, the pope is not relevant to American Society. The United States may be the land of the free, and the home to a colorful spectrum of races, cultures, values and religions, but it’s a country known for Hollywood, The Big Apple and obesity, not for its deep religious affiliations.

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Posted on February 25, 2013November 2, 2020 by: Benjamin Simpson

OP-ED: Drone assassinations undermine the U.S. Constitution

With President Obama’s use of drone assassinations in Pakistan and Yemen, he has overstepped the bounds of the United States Constitution and garnered himself the power over life and death, more power than any one man should wield.

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Posted on February 25, 2013June 4, 2020 by: Adam Mitchell

OP-ED: Dorner’s actions don’t support claims

Dorner’s actions are in no way justifiable; corruption is not eliminated by killing, but instead perpetuated by the use of violence.

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Posted on February 13, 2013February 13, 2013 by: Christine Michaels

OP-ED: Plus/Minus grading system will hurt more than students

It is fair to say that if one attends a college, he or she is attending to do their very best, no matter if the grading scale is based on a full letter grade, or a plus/minus grade system.

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Posted on February 13, 2013February 14, 2013 by: Christine Michaels

VOICES: Should the campus be entirely smoke-free?

Students share their opinion about smoking regulations.

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Posted on February 11, 2013November 2, 2020 by: Tiffany Roesler

OP-ED: Same-sex marriage decision should be nationwide

The state-by-state approach has been long, dry, and ineffective with less than one-third of states allowing same-sex marriage. The federal government, nationwide, should determine same-sex marriage rights, not the states.

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Posted on February 6, 2013February 13, 2013 by: Anthony Richetts

VOICES: Should women be allowed to take on combat roles in the military?

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Posted on January 30, 2013January 14, 2019 by: Anthony Richetts

OP-ED: Sensible gun control laws needed

It is not until recently, with the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Ct. last month, that the U.S. has decided to seriously look at the guns themselves as a cause of the problem and officials are starting to take steps to reduce gun violence. Now is the time to make a change.

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Posted on January 30, 2013February 6, 2013 by: Karla Sosa

VOICES: Are online courses as good as in-person classes?

Students share their opinion about taking online courses.

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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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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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