MATT BUSH/Assistant Art & Design Editor CURRY CHANDLEROnline Editor The prevailing focus of the approaching Super Tuesday state primaries will undoubtedly be the further refinement of the pools of potential presidents. However, California voters will encounter a number of state initiatives on the Feb. 5 ballot. In California these are called propositions, and those … [Read more...] about Prop. 93 an unnecessary gift for politicians
Perspectives
State of our Union is irrelevant
MARC CHOQUETTEPerspectives Editor With another new year comes another run-of-the-mill State of the Union address from our commander in chief. As required by the U.S. Constitution, our fearless leader shall “from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” The … [Read more...] about State of our Union is irrelevant
A reasonable political morality needed
RYAN SAWTELLEContributor During this year’s election season, you are certain to hear that “the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer,” closely followed by the orator’s opinion on what government needs to do to solve such a “moral dilemma.” This, of course, presupposes that the gap between the rich and the poor is a moral bad. Such presupposition is found … [Read more...] about A reasonable political morality needed
SGA decision on Web site troubling
STAFF EDITORIAL Personal responsibility is supposed to be something a student refines in college. The recent decision to ban the Web site Juicycampus.com from the campus Internet network runs contrary to the idea of personal responsibility.The role of the Student Government Association is not to dictate what content is appropriate for the rest of the student body, and it is not … [Read more...] about SGA decision on Web site troubling
RIAA in the right with fight againstfile sharing
STEPHANIE TANIZARAssistant Perspectives Editor LimeWire. BitTorrent. Napster. Half a century ago, these names would have been nothing but gobbledygook. Today, they are virtually recognized worldwide as popular “peer-to-peer” (P2P) or file sharing software, most commonly used to share music. Downloading songs from a P2P network, however, is illegal. The music industry has begun … [Read more...] about RIAA in the right with fight againstfile sharing