Archive | Columns
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Column: Making the most of time
A friend of a friend, a girl I never really knew, died in a car accident this past weekend, just days after graduating from Yale U. No one ever really knows what to say when a tragedy happens because there is nothing to say, not really. It’s fucking horrible.
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Column: Bickering over race baiting
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus is an interesting character. Sure, his name is Reince Priebus, which is original enough, but he also possesses a unique talent for criticizing the media for being in the pocket of the Democratic Party in a way that angers the media and the Democratic Party.
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Column: Facebook stock drops as coolness departs
Facebook stock went public recently, and it has been dropping since. In the weeks building up to the release, the value was being pushed and prodded and paraded around by those in the know to attempt to achieve top dollar as trading hit. Those efforts pushed the stock into an inflated value.
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Column: Gov. Brown’s administration should practice fiscal responsibility
Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year must correct the overstated amount of funding his administration believes is owed to schools next year if it is truly concerned with reducing costs and the deficit in California.
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Column: California education institutions should back Gov. Brown’s tax initiative
One wealthy California attorney thinks Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed tax initiative for the fall isn’t enough.
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Column: Facebook users should not be surprised if company starts charging for features
When Facebook went public Friday, its initial public offering (IPO) gave investors the chance to own a piece of the massive social network via stocks. But with the development, the company is bound to change, and this time it’s not going to be just a revamped homepage.
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Column: Media needs to keep opinions out of their news reporting
Like many of us, I thought I had heard every last word about the Trayvon Martin killing. The events that led to the shooting, the reaction of the community and the personal lives of both Martin and his shooter, George Zimmerman, have been examined exhaustively by the national and local media and subj...
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Column: What is the purpose of protesting?
I went to the NATO protests this week with mixed feelings. I have problems with NATO, but part of me suspects that a lot of protests these days have about the same impact as throwing eggs at the side of a building. I decided to go anyway.
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Column: The reality of student debt
What’s not to love about graduation season? It is filled with senior send-offs, family get-togethers and free food. But for more and more students and families, graduation season also marks the time to begin repaying loans that financed their education.