Student rights slowly dwindling as time goes by
Restricting free speech isn’t just an issue of the past If you feel that, as a student, or a youth, you have no rights, it…
Opinion
Act for the freedom of information
Ideas cannot be caged I am a pirate. I drink and carouse with my friends, I traverse a frontier fraught with danger, wonder and potential…
ARC women’s restrooms disgusts students
Women’s restrooms all across American River College’s campus have been said to be disgusting, unclean and generally not up to the typical standards of most…
Poverty rates spike and the blame is bigger than Washington
According to the Census Bureau, 46.2 million Americans live in poverty. The record-breaking figure is the largest the Census Bureau has seen since 1952, which…
Medical marijuana is still illegal to smoke on campus
I’ll admit that I’ve partaken in smoking marijuana from time to time before my conscious calls me a complete hypocrite for writing this editorial. This…
‘Survivor: America’ And how the GOP debates are the new summer reality show
You can take your Jersey Shores and your Real Worlds and your Bachelorettes and shove them in a sewer pipe. The true reality television art…
Pro Vs Con: Should online retailers have to pay the same tax rate as brick-and-mortar businesses?
THE ISSUE: Gov. Jerry Brown recently gave Amazon a one-year reprieve from charging customers state sales tax. Should the online retailer have to pay the…
Video: One Man’s Journey to Ground Zero
The true legacy of Sept. 11: American Resiliance
Ten years later after the worst terrorist attack on American soil, we are still coming to terms with the painful memories of an event that…
Words of our generation gain official recognition
Common slang words in today’s youth’s vocabulary are becoming actual dictionary-certified words. But should it be considered an accomplishment or a disgrace? The mass media…
Don’t ask me to kill
As the new semester has started, I look around and see all the bright and young faces ready to start their college careers here at…
The South Shall Deny Again
I’m a snob. If you’re a frequent reader of my column you know this to be stone-cold fact. And the snobbery doesn’t stop with me….