As an Iranian-American, if I were to walk up to random strangers and state that Iran has no nuclear weapons, People would laugh and stare at me in disbelief. They would say that I am a biased Iranian. My words would have no meaning and weight because we, as a[Read More…]
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Our View-White House will focus attention on women and girls
The first bill President Barack Obama signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act. This gives workers more time to sue in discriminatory cases and helps to ensure equal pay. Obama is continuing this trend by signing another executive order creating the White House Council on Women[Read More…]
Jean and Chema-Lies
Improving visa process for foreign science students good for U.S.
A recent article shed some light on the difficulties encountered by foreign students trying to obtain student visas at American universities. Cornelia Dean, a science editor for The New York Times, focused on the issue of science in Academia. American scientists are becoming apprehensive about foreign students being driven away[Read More…]
Survival of species relies on belief systems
An article published last month in The New York Times noted Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, as one with “extraordinary insight” and a man who was “ahead of his time.” The article stated that Darwin’s theory of natural selection has become “the bedrock of modern biology” and that scientists[Read More…]
Honest Abe’s Bed-Bad joke
Our View-U.S. deporting dead man no longer in North America
Sometimes government officials just seem plain bored. They pursue frivolous and stupid causes like they were repressed Puritans during the Salem Witch Hunts, chasing down innocent people instead of attending to pressing issues that are facing this nation. This is so infuriating, especially since we are in the midst of[Read More…]
Daily Forty-Niner seeks new editor
Stop by the newsroom, SSPA-004 and pick up an application for editor in chief. Anyone can apply and the experience is invaluable. Applications must be turned in to Colleen Donnelly in SSPA-004 no later than April 8. Interviews in front of the 49er Publications Board will be conducted on April[Read More…]
Our View-Military robbing inner-city cradles to meet quotas
Recruiting minorities out of high school to serve in the military is a sensitive topic hardly broached in American society. It carries major social implications that could leave our war machine’s tank near empty. How misdirected are our priorities when the best escape from poverty we can offer teens is[Read More…]
Liberal vs. conservative-Why are Republicans or Democrats better at running the government?
Christopher Herrin Liberal — Republicans adhere to ‘Impotent Design’ It seems bizarre that some people still identify with the Republican Party — or GOP, for Grand Old Party — or think they have powerful ideas for contemporary issues. The GOP has clearly exhausted itself as an ideology; therefore, I propose[Read More…]