Articles Posted in the Opinions Category
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Students should take advantage of summer school
By Shanieka Perrier |Staff Writer| I think it would be to students’ advantage to attend summer session. CSUSB is offering a variety of classes that students may need to keep the on pace towards graduation. Many schools cannot afford to offer summer school programs and those that are offering summer classes have limited options for [...]
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More regulations on tatto artists are not needed
By Sara Nydam |Staff Writer| The new Safe Body Art Act is posing what I think are unnecessary regulations on professional tattoo artists and piercers in California. AB 300 seeks to raise $55,000 in revenue, according to the San Bernardino County Sun. I believe this money will be spent selfishly. The San Bernardino Country Ordinance [...]
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Obama should push for marriage equality
By Aunjolay Lambert |Staff Writer| Equal rights should be given to everyone even if it involves marrying someone of the same sex. If it was up to me, same-sex marriage would have been legal a long time ago. I don’t know why people feel like they have to dictate the lives of others but the [...]
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Don’t be fooled, Greek life is more than just a party
By Aunjolay Lambert |Staff Writer| I feel some people don’t understand what you can gain by being in a sorority or fraternity. I think that sometimes TV and movies can alter a person’s view of reality and I think in this case Greek organizations get the brunt of that. For example movies like “Old School” [...]
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Students should print in the Learning Center
By Shanieka Perrier |Staff Writer| I think using the Learning Center to print papers is better than using the Pfau Library, Jack Brown Hall and SMSU’s Cross Cultural Center. The advantage is it is cheaper to print there than anywhere else on campus. I used to think that the Learning Center should go paperless. When [...]
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New cigarette tax will not benefit California’s economy
By Sara Nydam |Staff Writer| The state of California is considering a new proposition that will spend your tax dollars in a foolish way. Proposition 29 will tax each individual pack of cigarettes an extra dollar to create a program that will duplicate that is already under way. I do not believe we need to [...]
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A college degree should equal a better future
By Aunjolay Lambert |Staff Writer| Is the value of college decreasing? A recent study by The Huffington Post found that 53 percent of bachelor degree holders were jobless last year. As a student with no job, trying to make a career out of a liberal arts education, this is not something I want to hear [...]
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Allowing students to vote on campus fees is a bad idea
By Sara Nydam |Staff Writer| The State Senate Education Committee is considering a new bill that I believe would waste a lot of your time and money. If SB-960 is passed “any new campus-based mandatory fees, other than those for instructionally related purposes, cannot be established without an affirmative vote of the student body,” according [...]
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Coyote Editorial: ASI elections fail students
By Courtney Sims |Copy Editor| With problems such as a lack of university involvement, campaign funding and endless red tape, the ASI elections are not able to meet their purpose. ASI candidates are forced to obey strict rules handed down by the Board of Directors, if any candidate is in violation of the rules and or [...]
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Leave our interest rates alone
By Shanieka Perrier |Staff Writer| It’s unfair that Congress is considering doubling our student loan interest rates. Congress is set to pass a bill doubling interest rates on student loans.This decision is taking place this summer, according to the LA Times. I’m a college undergraduate student dependent on loans. How am I going to pay [...]
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