By Dominique Sterling |Staff Writer| Students need to realize that online dating sites are not the best ways to meet someone. People think that in this new age of technology where you can pretty much find anything on the Internet, why not find love as well? Many online dating sites and their users argue that there is not enough time in our everyday schedules to find dating prospects. Many of their testimonials explain that within their busy lives it is very difficult to meet a compatible person. I believe that online dating is not the most personal way to meet someone, that should be obvious. For many people, online dating is a way for them to get out of their comfort zone … [Read more...] about Find anything but love on the Internet, online dating is for creeps
Dominique Sterling
Dear future CSUSB president:
By Dominique Sterling |Staff Writer| With the upcoming selection of the school president, I have been really looking at the issues that I hope to be addressed by this president to improve the CSUSB experience. The search committee will hold its first meeting to discuss the selection process Feb. 10 at 10 a.m. in the Santos Manuel Student Union Events Center. This will be the only open forum in the process, the committee will follow the discussion with a closed meeting at 1 p.m. There are a couple of glaring problems that agitate students on campus, primarily stemming from the lack of money the school has, but the new president should try to protect the students with a fresh … [Read more...] about Dear future CSUSB president:
Commons gets it right, but should be open late night
By Dominique Sterling |Staff Writer| CSUSB will never become a school known for great school spirit unless it becomes a place where students who live on and off campus have a place to meet and socialize late at night. The main and easiest way people can socialize is around food, and there is no better place on campus to do that than the Commons with their main dining room. I have been attending the CSUSB campus for three years and had never eaten at the Commons until last Thursday. Since then it has become my first choice for a meal. I was very surprised at the amount of healthy yet wholesome choices that the menu offered. Entering the Commons I found it very pleasurable to … [Read more...] about Commons gets it right, but should be open late night
SOPA sucks the life out of the Internet
By Dominique Sterling |Staff Writer| Wikipedia closed its doors to all English language website users on Jan. 18 for a 24-hour protest against proposed Congressional legislation. One of the world's main sources for free information became no longer accessible. Wikipedia is known as an Internet-based encyclopedia that many college students use as a quick reference, yet are often told by their professors that it is not a creditable source of information. Although many of our professors tell us not to use Wikipedia for research, I still refer to it as a tool of reference. How people prepare for tests and write papers is one thing, why Wikipedia blacked itself out is the bigger issue … [Read more...] about SOPA sucks the life out of the Internet