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Editorial: Use of ‘study drugs’ gives unfair advantage
Pressure. “Pressure” is one word that single-handedly unites college students from all walks of university life. All students have felt it, whether from their parents and peers or within their major.
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Editorial: Young voters should not give up on political process
As the election season grows nearer and the 2012 presidential election continues to reside at the forefront of the nation’s mind, college students especially must educate themselves and exercise their right to vote, both at the local and national levels.
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Editorial: Penn State should be condemned for misuse of Clery Act, lack of transparency
After Thursday’s release of Louis Freeh’s investigative report detailing former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky’s child sex abuse scandal, the former FBI director not only confirmed the late football coach Joe Paterno’s involvement to keep Sandusky’s acts under wraps but ...
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Editorial: Foreign-made Olympic uniforms embrass USA
Apple pie. Stars and stripes. Chinese-made uniforms? One of these things is not like the other. Last Friday news broke that the uniforms for Team USA were manufactured in China and not in America. The prices for the clothing were outrageous, a whopping $1,609.50 for one outfit.
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Editorial: California bullet train budget is state suicide
It is slower than a speeding bullet, less powerful than an airplane and can leap small distances in half the time. It is a waste, it is a pain — no! It is the bullet train.
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Editorial: Voter ID laws should not be used to restrict student votes
According to an analysis by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, about 60 percent of voting-eligible Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 actually voted in the 2008 elections.
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Editorial: A momentous decision
The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on Thursday to uphold key provisions of the Affordable Care Act has sent shock waves through the public psyche.
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Editorial: Students can afford interest rate hike
Unfortunately, education is an interest group that, like every other interest group, protests wildly when its share of the public dole gets cut. Students are a part of that.
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Editorial: Injunction will not restore voter registration numbers
Last year, Florida passed HB 135, a law that, among other restrictions, curbed voter registration campaigns, requiring third-party organizations to turn over registrations to the state within 48 hours. On May 31, U.S.