For the last 60 years, we have been learning a new language. Ever since the double-helix structure of DNA was uncovered in 1953, the vocabulary of genetics has been creeping into our lives, becoming over time a full and rich lexicon. Last week’s Supreme Court ruling against patents for two genes implicated in cancer is a step toward ensuring that this language remains one of science and humanity rather than profit.
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As President Obama contemplates his many bad options in Syria, he may want to consider the Aspin Doctrine, an argument for intervention abroad made by President Clinton’s first secretary of defense, Les Aspin. In 1993, the Clinton administration was wrestling with a seemingly insoluble conflict in Bosnia, where Serbian-backed troops were besieging cities and slaughtering civilians.
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Ever notice how women get noisy as we age? Ever notice how the quiet, deferential, focused good girl hits a certain point and morphs into a combination of Betty White, Bette Midler and Mae West? That’s because when women start to feel invisible, we decide to become audible.
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Hello fellow Seniors, it’s your columnist! It is with some excitement and a little sadness that I write my last article to you here. It’s the 11th week, and graduation is in a couple of days. Whoa! Can you believe it? I can’t. It’s really, really, bittersweet; “it’s a bittersweet symphony this life…” I’ve started to see signs of the graduation ceremony on campus, and after officially receiving that sash that I wrote about awhile back, it has started to become real.
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If you picked up the last few issues of the UT you may have seen an advertisement to “Keep calm and be our intern.” The paper will not be in circulation over the summer, but our website csulauniversitytimes.com will still be updated regularly. Along with just applying to be an intern, people are urged to volunteer and be a part of the UT for the next quarter.
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With President Rosser retiring after 34 years of serving as CSULA’s highest authority, and with the selection of William Covino as our new president (not to mention Timothy P. White as the new CSU Chancellor), it is clear that our campus is at the beginning of a new chapter in its history.
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This past Tuesday the elections to be the mayor of Los Angeles passed as Eric Garcetti beat out Wendy Greuel in a landslide. Many expected a close battle however; Garcetti was able to win convincingly. When it came to voting for a mayor of Los Angeles again many people didn’t want to vote for someone else who would just talk and have no action.
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According to the CSULA Website the University is home to 21,775 students. According to the A.S.I. website only 951 of them voted during the ASI general elections. The ASI General Election voting days spanned through May 13th through the 15th, which allowed for three days for students to vote.
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The “tea party” is back and is brewing trouble for the Republican establishment. After the GOP debacle in the 2012 election, when Republicans not only failed to win the presidency but blew a chance to take over the Senate, party leaders paused to consider what had gone wrong.
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It’s time to tell the truth: Summer isn’t for sissies, but we forget that every year. Here’s what you need to remember: 1. Nobody looks at middle-age people at the beach, with “middle-age” being defined as being too old for work-study and too young for cremation.
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It appears that more young people are starting — finally — to question the “hookup” mentality that has become so common on many college campuses. Harvard sophomore Lisa Mogilanski put it this way: “Hookup culture is an unnavigable mush of vague intentions and desires.
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Hello Seniors! Since the weeks are slimming down, I’ve been thinking about the time I spent here and where in the heck it went. I’ve been thinking about things I’ve learned (whether I wanted to or not). The truth is, being a student in college is hard.
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8:04 pm: I’m sitting in my favorite chair on the second floor of the library’s north wing. I’ve had “Cruel” by St. Vincent on repeat for the last half hour. If this library closes before I get to finish my article that’s due tomorrow, I’ll be so unhappy.
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Though he’s vowed to cut back on those drone attacks of his, President Barack Obama needs to launch the mother of drone attacks: Against Xbox One. It must be destroyed soon, before it’s too late. Americans are fools for shiny technology, and the Xbox One from Microsoft is the coolest, shiniest TV entertainment system in the history of man.
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America’s 100 million cable and satellite subscribers are forced to pay ever-higher bills for a growing number of channels they do not watch. The American people are being ripped off. Meanwhile, services such as iTunes and Netflix have led a revolution in how consumers purchase and experience music and video entertainment.
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It’s about time on campus housing gets a makeover. Over the years, the housing to-do projects have been gradually piling up. On campus housing is going through some major construction, expanding the dining area into what will soon be a real live dining room.
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Do you have a Twitter or Instagram account and follow your favorite food trucks? If so, do you check out their special menus or see where the food truck is going to be located? Why wait and look for updates on your phone if your favorite food truck has finally established a restaurant where people can eat and enjoy their delicious meals in one location.
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When you hear the names Emmett Till or Trayvon Martin, what comes to mind? These two young men and several others have been victims of people who viewed them as suspicious. Emmett Till was a young African American male who was murdered at the age of 14.
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4-6 weeks is the magic number for the Financial Aid Office and for that reason, you must be prepare for the summer enrollment process. Whether a freshman or transfer student, we all have a list of things to do before the start of every semester.
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To set the record straight, I like school. I really do. I like learning new things and I like how school can keep me busy. School is the best once you get to college because you can learn about things that really interest you, and you can do it at 1pm in the afternoon instead of at 8am.
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Hello fellow Seniors! It’s the second week of May, the weather is getting warmer, and you know what that means: summer is coming! While I was walking through campus taking in the sun, I thought, “Hey, there’s a career center? When did this get here?” Kidding! I knew it was there all along, but I haven’t gone in as much as I should… but I have gone in! Seniors, can you say the same? Students in general, can you? The Career Center on campus is that building you see on the pathway to Salazar Hall, off to the side of the gym, and it’s there for you.
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With graduation just about a month away, seniors are preparing themselves for graduation. The ceremony is held to celebrate the accomplishment of finally finishing college. Hispanic students have a special ceremony held that day. Senior Law and Society Major Mary Avilez spoke about the ceremony called the Raza graduation ceremony, “The Raza graduation ceremony is a more intimate ceremony for bilingual/Hispanic students” Avilez stated.
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The College of Arts and Letters held their quarterly student showcase Wednesday evening, April 24th, in front of the University Student Union. This quarter, the theme was “La Finesse de la Nuit.” Students fought the chilly spring evening weather to support their fellow Golden Eagles as they performed in the areas of art, English, theater, music, and film.
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The following editorial appeared in the Seattle Times on Friday, April 19: ——— Congress must act again to stop student-loan interest rates from doubling to 6.8 percent. Lawmakers should know the drill by now. They voted last summer to extend the lower interest rate.
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Former, and soon-to-be-returning, Editor-In-Chief Zach Seemayer has been missing and presumed dead for the last two weeks, after getting kicked in the head by a horse, and going on a drunken punching spree. His body could not be found or indentified, and after a nation-wide search for his rotting corpse (which involved hundreds of officers and dozens of drug-sniffing dogs (it was concluded that wherever Seemayer was, he probably had several pounds of narcotics on him (or in him.
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The first week of every quarter always seems to be the hardest for a number of different reasons. Everyone has to get adjusted to new classes, new schedules, new professors, and new people. Through all of that, students now have to deal with something else: the struggle of finding and adding needed classes.
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Who doesn’t like sushi and karaoke? Well, why not have both? The only place to find karaoke and sushi is on Boyle Heights. Boyle Heights is heavily impacted by Japanese businesses, culture and Latin culture. Tenno Japanese Bar & Grill is on 1st and Soto, which is near the Soto gold line train.
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Oh Spring…media portrays you as refreshing, calm, and happiness. When you’re in Los Angeles, it’s a much different story. Movies and cartoons don’t show the dark side of spring. Random hot days come in and out to torment the world. One minute someone is wearing a fur jacket and the next day you see short shorts everywhere! There’s nothing more irritating than a runny nose combined with an itchy throat and eyes.
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The hunt for Zach Seemayer’s body is now in it’s 9th day, and many people are beginning to suspect that he could possibly have survived, or perhaps his body has been stolen. No one is suggesting he faked his death, so don’t even let that be a thought in your pretty little head.
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Social Workers are heading to Sacramento on April 21st to lobby for three new bills, AB 252 Social Work Title Protection, SB 61 Limiting Solitary Confinement in Juvenile Facilities, and AB 663 Residential Facilities: LGBT Training for Administrators.
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Whenever I think of college incidents involving shootings, bombings, etc., I think of the Virginia Tech Massacre. I was only in 7th grade when the incident occurred, and I couldn’t wrap my head around the idea. Were the students scared? What was the shooter thinking when he decided to do this? How did the school recover from the event? For that day, I was glued to the TV, trying to put some understanding to the students huddled in classrooms, the headshots of an angry man determined to kill, and that people had in fact died because of one man’s ideals.
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Students who live on campus were hit particularly hard by the news of a bomb threat on campus earlier today. Here is what UT Reporter (and CSULA dorm resident) Angeline Bernabe had to say: With the abrupt news of a bomb threat rattling the Cal State L.
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Graduation is a couple of months away; many wwill reach the goal that they have set out to reach since they started college. Senior Law and Society major Mary Avilez spoke about finally graduating and the road that it took to get there. “It hasn’t sunk in yet, seems surreal at times since I’m the first from my family to obtain a B.
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Some would argue that semester schools have more spirit than quarter system schools seeing as quarters end so quickly. Sophomore Communications Major Norma Dominguez spoke about why she chose a quarter system school like CSUlA and why she has school spirit.
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If you’ve read my other articles, particularly the one about dorming, you would know that I don’t live at home. However, I recently got sick enough that going home to be looked after by my parents and visiting the hospital in my hometown was the only option for me to get better.
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The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, April 16: ——— The carnage at the close of Monday’s Boston Marathon tripped Americans’ natural psychic reflexes: Are there any more bombs? Any more cities? And, is Uncle Pat running that race again this year? These reactions were more thoughtful, more muted, more knowledgeable than they were 20 years ago, when this nation began its own, most recent marathon of terror assaults on U.
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Hello fellow seniors! Welcome to Spring Quarter. It’s the week of Grad Fair, which means we are officially on our way to donning that cap and gown. We made it past Fall and Winter Quarter, and if you’re like me, many many Fall and Winter Quarters. So take it in! This Wednesday and Thursday, the Alumni Association welcomes us into the Eagles Nest Gym where we’ll purchase our grad pack, cap and gown, sashes, class rings, and more.
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President Obama didn’t release his proposed budget for 2014 until Wednesday, but liberals and AARP have been howling all week about something they expected to be in it. What has our president done to provoke such outrage among his supporters? He’s chained CPI.
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With such a dead campus, Cal State LA feels as if it is facing a tragic Apocalypse. Have we found ourselves to be on the show The Walking Dead? Due to the fact that this has become nothing but a commuting school has this given birth to zombies on campus? Community is one of the main aspects of what brings people together.
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School is out in only a few weeks, so the time is now for those considering a summer job. Everyone has a different reason to get a summer job. He or she might want spending money or may want to stash away some cash for the next school year. The applicant might be looking for an experience to build a skillset for the future.
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One reason I believe the quarter system exists is to make sure students aren’t burned out by April. With Spring Quarter, students get a nice little refresher of classes before that home stretch to summer vacation. At the same time, students will be burned out by April, regardless of what kind of format the school may be in.
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Almost four years ago, long before the 2012 presidential campaign heated up, CNN took a poll to learn who Republicans might choose as their party’s next nominee. There were two clear front-runners: former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Arkansas Gov.
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President Obama’s recent Middle East trip showed what good things can result from thoughtful, direct presidential involvement. The president addressed young Israelis, reassured allies in the region and brokered an Israeli apology to Turkey for a deadly raid on a flotilla attempting to take supplies to Gaza.
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Until recently, it would have been fair to say that older people simply did not get divorced. Fewer than 10 percent of those who got divorced in 1990 were ages 50 or older. Today, one in four people getting divorced is in this age group. It turns out that those high-profile breakups of Tipper and Al Gore, and Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger, were part of a trend.
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The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, April 2: ——— In its landmark 1963 decision in Brady v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors are required to provide defendants with any information that may help prove their innocence or favorably change the outcome of their trials.
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The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, April 2: ——— Between now and July, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on two cases dealing with same-sex marriage: one testing the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, the other involving the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage for federal purposes as the union of a man and a woman.
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Google has come under fire in the last few years for its GoogleMaps program, which uses advanced satellite imaging to show satellite imaging to show satellite views of American homes, and has even put cameras on a fleet of vans that drive around every street, taking a series of photographs to create “street view” map.
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It’s easy to make something as simple as cooking at home seem like a terrifying task. Eating-out or having mom cook seem to work just fine for many students, but in order to prepare ourselves for life after mom and dad we need to learn how to cook. There is no right or wrong way to cook, it’s all a matter of familiarity and comfort.
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President Obama took a posse of Republican senators to dinner last week, and this week he’s giving Congress the unusual courtesy of no fewer than four presidential visits to Capitol Hill. Can a flurry of presidential schmoozing change Washington from a bitterly polarized battlefield into a haven of bipartisan cooperation? Don’t hold your breath.
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The end of the quarter is approaching and you know what that means... Spring break. As excited as we all are for Spring Break, what the end of the quarter really means is finals. Finals are the most stressful times during college, but I wanted to give a few tips that might make finals not so bad.
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If it is done right, the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) may well promise uninsured Americans a lot more than cheap, reliable medical care. It can also open the door to the democratic empowerment of millions of poor people, who are often alienated from much of the nation’s civic life, by strengthening the organizations that give them a voice.
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Last week, I had to give my final speech for COMM 150. It’s the one worth the most points and the one I wanted to do best on. I spent the whole weekend perfecting my outline, reading and rereading it until I memorized what I wanted to say and believed that what I was saying had meaning.
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The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Friday, March 8: ——— The 13-hour filibuster in the U.S. Senate carried on between noon Wednesday and early Thursday morning by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has so many fascinating angles to it, it’s hard to know where to start.
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The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, March 7: ——— Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday of cancer at age 58, was beloved and reviled, bombastic and provocative, a flamboyant figure who was vastly influential in his country and throughout the region.
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The following editorial appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Wednesday, March 6: ——— Amtrak, the nation’s federally supported passenger rail service, has long been a whipping boy on Capitol Hill — often accused of being a “bloated bureaucracy” with little ridership, poor service and wasteful spending.
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March 8 marks International Women’s Day, and activists have celebrated it for 100 years now. Through the decades, women have campaigned not only for equal access to the political realm but also better pay and shorter work hours. This year’s theme, set by the United Nations, is “The Gender Agenda: Gaining Momentum.
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The new chief executive of Yahoo spoke, and a nation of telecommuters howled back. Actually, it was Yahoo’s human resources director, Jackie Reses, who issued the controversial memo, marked “proprietary and confidential — do not forward.” (Dream on.) But the instructions came from the top, and that would be Marissa Mayer, the longtime Google executive who was hired in July to revive the slumbering Yahoo, and who is a new mom, to boot.
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Dear College Major, We’ve just started the road of a multi-year courtship. This is probably the most important relationship I will ever develop in my entire life. The amount of finances that I am pouring into you mounts higher than Mt. Everest, and the time I devote is more than the love of my life will ever experience.
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With the United States locked in confrontation with Iran, was it good or bad for diplomacy that “Argo,” a movie about U.S. spies getting the best of the Iranians, won this year’s Academy Award for best picture? Depends on whom you ask. To Iran’s government, “Argo” was nothing more than anti-Iranian propaganda — “an advertisement for the CIA,” according to the state-run television network — not to mention that the Oscar, suspiciously enough, was awarded by Michelle Obama.
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The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, Feb. 26: ——— Rightly regarded as one of the most lustrous legacies of the civil rights movement, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaws discrimination in voting nationwide, but it also requires that states with a history of denying minorities the right to vote obtain the approval of a federal court or the U.
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Winter Quarter isn’t over, Spring Quarter hasn’t started and students are already anxious to know what classes will be offered in the summer. Senior, Serena Hunter gives her statement, “For me, it’s not a matter of being anxious. The coordinator needs to get these classes together early because others like myself are graduating or waiting to graduate and it’s preventing us from knowing if that is going to happen or not if we do not know what classes are being offered.
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The following editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Tuesday, Feb. 26: ——— Congress and the Obama administration are likely to give the nation a self-inflicted wound known as the “sequester” later this week, a calculated decision that will lead to mindless budget-cutting and harm to the U.
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Last week, I went to a panel in the USU called “Chances and Choices: What Really Happens After College?” It was a discussion between five recent CSULA graduates about their experience after college. Not only did they provide some interesting, personal stories, they offered tons of great advice.
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It’s been nearly a generation since Quentin Tarantino burst on the scene with his raucous indie film “Pulp Fiction” in 1994, and Hollywood is a very different place. The once-vibrant independent film scene that Tarantino helped shape has shrunk to a handful of players who have honed their survival skills in a harsh distribution landscape.
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The debate over the use of deadly force against an American who is on foreign soil and has ties to al-Qaida sounds like a hypothetical straight out of my first-year Constitution law class at Penn. I can picture the back and forth on whether such killings violated the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable seizure or the Fifth Amendment’s due-process clause.
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When applying for housing, everyone hopes to themselves, “I hope I have cool roommates,” and rightfully so. Moving into an apartment where you don’t know anyone can be scary, especially if you live far away from home. When matching roommates, most colleges and universities use various capability tests to match people with others that have things in common, have the similar habits, etc.
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The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Tuesday, Feb. 19: ——— After 20 unsuccessful tries in five years, Yoani Sanchez, Cuba’s most famous blogger, is free. She is among the first opposition journalists to be approved for travel under Raul Castro’s new rules that eliminated the exit permit, which until last month had been required of all Cuban citizens by Fidel Castro’s revolution for five decades.
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CSULA Graduate Student on Desired Qualities for a new CSULA President
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Open Letter - CSULA graduate student on desired qualities for a new CSULA president – 02-07-13 Advocacy and Action Are Required - Thank you for taking this open letter into consideration as you search for a new CSULA president. I did not wish to delay the end of today’s forum.
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In 2011, Anwar Awlaki, a U.S. citizen, was reportedly targeted and killed by our government in a drone attack. Ever since, a chorus of scholars, lawyers and civil and human rights activists has been asking about due process. Now we know they were right to be concerned.
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It's that time of the quarter again. No, not midterms. Class registration. It's the only thing that will make people a combination of desperate and competitive at 6 in the morning. It can provide one person the most happiness in the world, while making another cry with frustration.
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The following editorial appeared in the Baltimore Sun on Thursday, Feb. 14: ——— The 1994 Violence Against Women Act has done tremendous good in stepping up prosecution of domestic violence, aiding victims and increasing awareness of a too-often silent threat to our society.
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The following editorial appeared in the Baltimore Sun on Tuesday, Feb. 12: ——— The Internet could eventually be as ubiquitous as the air we breathe if the Federal Communications Commission moves forward with a plan to allow free access to an unused part of the broadcast spectrum.
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As we all know, we are only a few days away from Valentine’s Day. Many CSULA students are excited for it to come as they have very special plans. However, many other CSULA students also choose to see this as any other typical day of the year. Perhaps the biggest confusion to the purpose of Valentine’s Day has evolved over what people believe what Valentine’s Day is meant to be.
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President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday, the first of his second term, won’t be long remembered. It didn’t offer much in the way of new ideas. It was short on memorable lines — except, perhaps, his demand for congressional action on gun control because Gabby Giffords and the families of Newtown “deserve a vote.
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Students say that they do care about what is going on in and around campus. “Yes, I have attended events before,” second-year senior Michelle Lizette Rodriguez, broadcast journalism major, said, “And attending events can be beneficial.” She says that when she attends any event that for her, it makes her aware of what’s important.
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The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, Feb. 12: ——— In nearly eight years as pope, Benedict XVI embraced a traditionalist — and to many critics, authoritarian — view of both the papacy and of church teaching. So it’s ironic that he will be remembered for his revolutionary decision to relinquish the Chair of St.
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To the Editor and UT Staff, I want to commend you on your decision to reprint the Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have A Dream” speech in its entirety. As you indicated in the Editor’s Note, “…this is one of the greatest and most important speeches in history” and I’m very pleased that you chose to print it for our campus community to read and reflect on.
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University Times Staff, Thank you for reprinting of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech. It served as a timely reminder of how far we have come despite the regressive forces that constantly work against his vision and seek to undo any progress we have managed to have achieve in the half century since he uttered those words.
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Dear Editor: Regarding your article on page 3 of the Jan. 14, 2012 issue, debates regarding gun control have failed to mention other related issues such as mental illness. School shootings have been far too common in the nation, which means stopping shootings begins at the source: the gunmen.
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Before you read this, I want to let you know that this article is full of personal anecdotes. I am unaware if this suits your fancy or not, but I figured I should let you know before you continue reading. Let me tell you about my morning routine. I wake up to the sound of Sleep Time, a smart phone app that keeps track of my sleep patterns during the night.
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It has been 11 years since the United States began using missile-firing drones to attack al-Qaida in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. But only now are we beginning a full public debate on this new form of warfare, and it took the nomination of the Obama administration’s drone czar, John Brennan, as director of the Central Intelligence Agency, to force it.
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Would you support a tax reform measure that could help reduce the federal deficit, remove a needless distortion in the economy and make the system fairer? Me too, which is why I’m taking aim at a sacred cow: the home interest mortgage deduction. That’s right, the mortgage interest deduction that every homeowner, including me, loves.
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Last month, Cuba opened its doors a little wider. President Raul Castro announced that Cuban citizens would no longer need to obtain notoriously hard to get exit permits to leave the country; just a passport. Many Cubans are understandably skeptical of Castro’s action.
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I want to be very clear, and I want to speak plainly when I say this so there is no misunderstanding. Movie 43 is the worst film I have ever seen. And I have seen a lot of films. Thousands upon thousands of films, from every genre and decade. Not one of them could beat Movie 43 in its level of discomfort and terribleness.
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Recently, I got sick with the flu (along with the rest of the nation.) This happens every other year, so I’ve developed a method to getting better: sit on the sofa with chicken noodle soup, honey lemon water, Jell-o, and my mother by my side. I was pampered like a princess until I reached full health.
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The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Monday, Feb. 4: ——— Americans of different faiths differ on the morality of contraceptives. The Roman Catholic Church rejects their use, and most other Christian denominations accept it. Thanks to the First Amendment’s guarantee of the right of free exercise of religion, each group gets to follow its conscience without penalty.
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The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Monday, Feb. 4: ——— Moral reasons? Check. Economic reasons? Check. Practical reasons? Check. These are just some of the reasons why political leaders in the United States need to enact immigration reform and stop dickering over the details.
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Well, I just got back from the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, and I have to level with you guys, you should all be jealous because it was G*d Da*m amazeballs. I don’t think you understand how cool the Sundance Film Festival is. It is all drinking and networking and movie-going and fun all the time! But, because I skipped work for a week, I need to at least justify my absence, so I have to use my column this week to write about the festival.
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As a college freshman, failure is unavoidable. Heck, as a human being experiencing life, failure is unavoidable. But as a college freshman, failure will definitely appear, in one form or another. Unfortunately, the most common form of failure that people will think of and the most common form that will be seen on a college campus are in terms of education.
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CSULA student Jesús Ramírez says that he chose philosophy as a major because he wants to teach people how to come to their own conclusions and have questions about life. Born on Nov. 13, 1988 in Whittier, this 24-year-old not only wants people to question life but also to find enlightenment.
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When first arriving at my new CSULA dorm room last quarter, I began to ask myself, “What the hell did I get myself into?” Yes, my roommates were perfectly nice, and I got all the classes I needed. But I kept noticing that, for once in my life, being Caucasian meant I was the minority at this school.
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Students have complained time and time again about parking---but has Cal State LA done anything about it? Well, the answer is no. CSULA has many places to park but is not considerate to those who cannot afford it. They have also not been considerate to those who have been here for years; they want to accept many more incoming students to this campus, which results in overcrowding.
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Did you ever notice how things that used to be good suck now? I realize this is a very broad statement, but it’s been a busy week and I’m sleepy, so I’m going forward with this. Just shut up and enjoy some light comedy for a week, okay? Anyway, back to my point: Did you ever notice that thing that I just said back up there at the start of this paragraph? Because I have.
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On the eve of Inauguration Day, White House political strategist David Plouffe promised that President Obama’s inaugural address would include a call for bipartisan cooperation. “He is going to say that our political system does not require us to resolve all of our differences or settle all of our disputes, but it is absolutely imperative that our leaders try and seek common ground,” Plouffe said on ABC.
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At the start of the quarter, I was fortunate enough to get hired as a Student Assistant on campus. Since most of my friends from high school had gotten on-campus jobs as freshmen, it seemed like a popular trend. I had one of those “if everyone jumps off a cliff, would you?” moments and assumed, “if everyone can get an on-campus job, so can I! And if they can balance it with school, I can too!” When it comes to looking for a potential job, the Career Center is nothing short of extensive.
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The following editorial appeared in the Sacramento Bee on Tuesday, Jan. 22: ——— President Barack Obama, unfettered by the knowledge that he will never run for election again, gave an ambitious, inclusive and eloquent second inaugural speech that linked women’s rights, racial equality and gay rights in one remarkable sentence.
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“New year, new me!” said every teenage girl on every social networking site on January 1st. While not everyone has a complete and radical change, having a New Year’s resolution is a popular way for people to kick up their morale by setting goals to accomplish during 2013.
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It’s hard to recognize the Democratic Party these days. In recent decades, it’s been a divided, brawling tribe. But this year, Democrats are one big, happy family. Sure, there was grumbling from the left over President Obama’s agreement to keep tax cuts in place for couples making between $250,000 and $450,000 a year.
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Mass shootings in America seem to have become more and more common, and with each tragedy the cry for outlawing guns has become louder. But I am here to say that taking our guns away is not the solution to this problem! Look, let’s face it, people are going to be murdered with guns in America.
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