The luck of the Irish is in full effect as St. Paddy’s Day takes over this week. Ireland has endured a brutal history. With Vikings raids in the 1st millennium, British colonization in the 2nd and starvation, as well as mass emigration due to a potato famine, the Irish don’t[Read More…]
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Iraqi elections yield high turnout but send mixed signals to world
In the United States, the only concern voters have on Election Day is if parking will be available at their designated polling stations. This is a stark contrast to the brave people of Iraq, who, last week, defied constant bombardment of mortars and rockets in Baghdad and other cities and[Read More…]
Our View- Virgnia Tech robs students of freedom to err
There are a few things teenagers get to take advantage of when they leave home for college. In most cases, some important ones are being taken away from overly protective parents: enjoying independence and ultimately growing up. The only problem with removing teens from their overprotective homes is that some[Read More…]
Our View- Calif. calls out 187 low-performing schools
As we all progress to new levels of education, problems undoubtedly occur and often our typical response is to blame these problems on the actions of previous educational institutions. In middle school, the phrase, “Don’t play games, this isn’t recess anymore,” is echoed. In high school, “Stop being so immature,[Read More…]
Our addiction to social networking, Facebook, MySpace is innate
Social networking is less than a mystery to our society. Almost everyone is familiar with Facebook, MySpace, as well as the many other Web sites geared toward communication. It is not unfathomable to assume that people on these sites portray an image of themselves that is a little less than[Read More…]
Women’s basketball game inaccessible
On Sunday, Feb. 28, I decided to go to my first university sports event. It was Senior Night for our women’s basketball team, and I decided to both honor them and, of course, have some relaxing fun. In a time when the university is trying its best to increase game[Read More…]
Ahmadinejad proves history repeats
Time is a continuum that trudges on fearlessly and we, as simple humans, have absolutely no control over it. This isn’t to say we are helpless, though. The only way to truly learn is to take lessons taught in the past and base future decisions on them, all while avoiding[Read More…]
Statewide education cuts should be protested not ‘celebrated’
Friday’s headlines should have read something like, “College students celebrate education cuts.” This isn’t an indictment against the estimated 3,000 activists that showed up at Cal State Long Beach for Thursday’s nationwide “Day of Action for Public Education.” Many of the demonstrators recognize that what is happening to education at[Read More…]
Our View- Progress found in the lab not the legislature
Public policy is sometimes dictated outside the House and Senate’s walls. Sometimes the most powerful change comes not from the mouths of politicians or their constituents but from laboratories and pharmaceutical buildings. Science, not politics, is the greatest proponent of change. From the railroad to the nuclear bomb, science has[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor – SeaWorld is about profit
I wholeheartedly agree that compassionate people should boycott SeaWorld as stated in the Daily 49er’s March 2 “Death of Dawn Brancheau Points to Inhumanity of Orca Captivity.” For many years, PETA has been calling on SeaWorld to stop confining ocean-dwelling mammals. In 2007, the California Division of Occupational Safety and[Read More…]