BRITTANY YEAROUTPerspectives Editor You probably will not see Clair Bennett grow back a body part, discover what the future holds for Meredith Grey and Derek Shepherd’s relationship or hear Colbert’s latest crack at the president. “Heroes,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” the “Colbert Report” and many other favorite programs might not have a full future this season, because the innovative … [Read more...] about Writers’ strike legitimate, will affect everyone
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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
Don’t believe everything you read
BRITTANY YEAROUTPerspectives Editor You might have heard of how many acres were lost or how many homes and structures were destroyed in the recent California wildfires. But did you hear that the Hispanic separatists claim responsibility for the arson of some of the major fires last week? No not really. But hundreds of thousands of people believed this hoax that was written in … [Read more...] about Don’t believe everything you read