SARAH SCHERFF & SEAN ROBERTSPhoto Editor & Contributing Writer A couple pulls into the parking lot of a nice restaurant popular with young couples. The guy, who is white, gets out and opens the door for his date, a young black woman, fashionably dressed yet modest. The two hold hands and walk inside. As they are being seated, a couple of people waiting for takeout give … [Read more...] about Interracial dating still not accepted
Perspectives
School first, people marry too young
ALEXIS SEBRINGPerspectives Assistant It is not uncommon to see engaged or married couples at Seaver. But are these couples going to last a lifetime? Many factors make it difficult to uphold this standard. Since one component that is highly important is age, couples should postpone marrying until after graduating college or after reaching their career goal. Some experts contend … [Read more...] about School first, people marry too young
Ditch Gore for a more humane movement
SHANNON KELLYEditor in Chief “‘Planet in Peril,’ unbearable heat, sea levels rising, resource shortage, countless polar bears drowning, danger, disaster. And it’s all because of people – careless, wasteful, ill-intentioned humans.’” Welcome to the modern environmentalists’ doomsayers diatribe. It’s Al Gore’s language and apparently it holds enough clout to elicit Academy … [Read more...] about Ditch Gore for a more humane movement
Unfair to cut homeless fund
ALEXIS SEBRINGPerspectives Assistant Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger found a loophole in Proposition 63, a plan that helps provide assistance to the mentally ill, and now approximately 4,700 homeless mentally ill adults will be released to the streets again. Schwarzenegger cut $55 million from the homeless mentally ill and allocated it to the program for the mentally ill children. … [Read more...] about Unfair to cut homeless fund
Criticism for Oprah unwarranted
RACHEL JOHNSONAssistant Perspectives Editor Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy for Girls didn’t need any more setbacks. When Winfrey began discussing the the plan to build the school in South Africa, she was criticized for wanting to spend money abroad instead of using it to combat problems at home in the United States. Now Winfrey’s school is under scrutiny again, as … [Read more...] about Criticism for Oprah unwarranted