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Fee hike torments student education
Yesterday, the California State University Board of Trustees approved a $276 fee increase—a 10 percent increase for the 2008-09 academic year for full-time undergraduate students. Yet another fee increase. It’s more than apparent that our fees will keep increasing. Even...
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May 15, 2008 3:45 PM |
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Master Plan will work in the long run
As the semester comes to an end, the ever-turning revolving door lets graduating students out and brings a fresh wave of them in. With ever-changing faces around the school, the only real constant is the school itself. But the school’s...
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May 15, 2008 3:42 PM |
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Budget cuts create tragedy for students
As an adviser for ethnic studies students, I am acutely aware of the impacts the proposed state budget cuts for education will have on hard-working students and dedicated faculty. It is tragic for me to see students prevented from achieving...
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May 15, 2008 3:41 PM |
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City officials need to refocus on crime
Is there any safe place in San Francisco? Probably not. Already this year, over 32 homicides have occurred within San Francisco. Even neighborhoods like Bernal Heights and Glen Park, normally quiet, residential neighborhoods, have experienced a spike in muggings in...
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May 8, 2008 11:07 PM |
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Don't tax our beer, Assemblyman Beall
California’s looming budget crisis has produced no shortage of proposed solutions. One of the latest, and supposedly greatest, ideas to fix our monetary issues comes from California Assemblyman Jim Beall, D-San Jose, who wants to add a $2 tax to...
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May 8, 2008 12:59 PM |
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Tricking our tourists is just plain wrong
San Francisco’s “fertile crescent,” the band of tourism that curves west along the Embarcadero to the Golden Gate, is a sham. Many have called it the lynchpin of the San Francisco economy, a rich garden that feeds a huge portion...
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May 8, 2008 12:57 PM |
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A winner in a sea of mediocrity
While the world seems to be going to hell, it’s nice to have a distraction in the San Jose Sharks hockey team. Plus it’s nice to have a local sports team that can make a splash on the national level....
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May 1, 2008 1:58 PM |
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Food rationing hits home for the U.S.
America had a taste of what a growing number of nations face: food rationing. Last week, Sam’s Club and Costco restricted the amount of bulk imported rice consumers can buy. There have been food riots leading to deaths in Cameroon...
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May 1, 2008 1:57 PM |
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Bush's low approval rating not just in the polls
Last week President George W. Bush made an appearance on NBC’s “Deal or No Deal.” By appearance, I mean he joined the action via a taped message. The show had 10 million viewers, which matched the show’s lowest Monday rating...
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May 1, 2008 1:55 PM |
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It's time to force the legislature's hand
From the statements given by state lawmakers Monday at a student march at the Capitol building, it looks like it is going to be a very long summer. Better get those summer session classes while they’re left. Senate President Pro...
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April 24, 2008 1:19 PM |
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Newsom works to fix his legacy and the city
Mayor Gavin Newsom dropped the baton with his handling of the Olympic torch. Now he has a chance to make things better by fixing the very broken emergency response system. The city wants emergency services to arrive at the scene...
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April 24, 2008 1:17 PM |
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Prison system drains our already thin resources
This year, California is in the full throes of a budgetary meltdown and because of this, the state is going to have a hard time funding the more than $8 billion annual price tag to support its prison system and...
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April 24, 2008 1:16 PM |
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Only human touch can stop madness
One year ago, Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and injured many more on the Virginia Tech campus before taking his own life. One year later, colleges across the country are taking precautions should a similar event occur on their campuses....
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April 17, 2008 1:03 PM |
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Thanks for your time, President Corrigan
As one of the few student voices at SF State, [X]press has always prided itself on expressing the concern of students to the leadership of this campus. During our continual quest to provide accurate and informative news to the SF...
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April 17, 2008 1:02 PM |
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Going abroad to enjoy the joys of the world
People often ask me why I want to study abroad. They want to know if I need several semesters’ worth of a foreign language to get anything out of the experience, whether my program offers all the same classes as...
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April 17, 2008 1:00 PM |
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City's heavy hand smothers torch's flame
What a waste. The Olympic torch’s run through San Francisco was both a big letdown and a waste of resources. What was the cost for this Olympic fiasco? Following the opening ceremonies at McCovey Cove, the torch was supposed to...
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April 10, 2008 3:19 PM |
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Border Patrol recruiting in all the wrong places
The U.S. Border Patrol is coming to San Francisco in an attempt to recruit people to their cause. Are they unaware that this is a sanctuary city? It’s not the best place to come looking for people to join a...
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April 10, 2008 3:18 PM |
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Don't write off Clinton, the race isn't over yet
With several months left to go until the last scheduled presidential primary, everyone from Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter to Vt. Sen. Patrick Leahy is urging Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race. However, with Clinton trailing Barack Obama by...
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April 10, 2008 3:17 PM |
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Letter to the editor: Students should reject CSU policy
Students should reject CSU policy SF State students should not accept any policy imposed by the CSU, or its administration, that pertains to student governance. The students at SF State are fully capable of proposing and implementing the eligibility requirements,...
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April 10, 2008 3:16 PM |
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No phishing allowed
The Internet is a dangerous place. Supposedly an utopian entity where people will regulate one another in order to keep people honest, the reality is much darker. The Internet is full of people illegally sharing music and movies, posting child...
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April 3, 2008 1:19 PM |
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CSU needs to clarify ASI eligibility policy
San Francisco city politics are not the only source of theater in this town. SF State's own student politics has seeped into the spotlight over the past few weeks. What is at stake is whether the current elected president of...
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April 3, 2008 1:16 PM |
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It's time to drop the candidates to two
The presidential primary season has gone on way too long. It’s now time to settle down and focus directly on the White House. It’s time to stop focusing on primaries. It’s time for Hillary Clinton to drop out. Clinton is...
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April 3, 2008 1:14 PM |
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5 years of 'freedom' brings total chaos
The five-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq is upon us. America is stuck in an imbroglio that has drained our military and our coffers. As of March 13, the Asso-ciated Press reported that 3,987 members of the U.S....
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March 20, 2008 2:04 PM |
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Billions for war - we need new priorities
War is expensive. Although life is always the ultimate cost and many people have perished in these past five years, the Iraq war tab is becoming wildly outrageous. According to the National Priorities Project, a Massachusetts-based research organization that provides...
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Ryan Baladad
March 20, 2008 2:02 PM |
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War's other casualty: Iraqi women's rights
It takes all 31 days of March to celebrate national women’s history here in the United States. The rest of the world, however, tends to wrap up their annual, female-centered festivities in one day—International Women’s Day on March 8. This...
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March 20, 2008 2:01 PM |
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Internet un-censors the war
All wars have the same pattern: Innumerable casualties, right wing protestors, left wing protestors, and a government with too much pride to back out. There is one thing that makes the Iraq war different: the Internet. In the 1960s, war...
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March 20, 2008 1:57 PM |
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Steps to stabilize Iraq; withdraw of troops not one of them
It is the American legal system that dictates that if you damage someone's property, intentionally or accidentally, you pay for it. So what is the rationale for pulling the troops from Iraq? I can give you lines of hyperbole on...
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Chris Wybenga
March 20, 2008 1:44 PM |
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Scrutinize candidates' war views
Statistics can be lamentable figures in a time of war, especially those of the political and economic realms. While we struggle for peace in Iraq, U.S. casualties include approximately 4,000 dead soldiers and almost 30,000 wounded, according to the Department...
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Domingo Robledo
March 20, 2008 1:42 PM |
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NorCal and SoCal rivalry one-sided at best
When I decided that SF State would be my college of choice in the summer of 2003, I didn’t know that I was going to be the butt of every Southern California and Los Angeles Dodgers joke that anyone in...
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Kaela Brown
March 20, 2008 1:35 PM |
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Action is needed to save our budget
It’s great to see that there are plans under way to save the students. California’s community colleges are joining together and becoming aggressive in attracting donors and raising funds. Unfortunately, the Califor-nia State University system still has not found its...
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March 13, 2008 12:08 AM |
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Misguided writers perpetuate stereotypes
People like city councilman Rob Ford of Toronto and Max Carson, columnist of the University of Colorado Campus Press, are trying to prove that Asians are taking over the world. According to the Toronto Star paper, Ford made a statement...
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Holly Bun
March 13, 2008 12:02 AM |
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Letter to the editor: ASI not requesting campaign funding
I would like to make a correction in regards to the piece that ran in the "Golden Gate [X]press" on March 6, 2008, which [was] called the "Low voter turnout engenders ASI campaign fund request." Isidro Armenta is no longer...
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March 12, 2008 11:59 PM |
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Letter to editor: same-sex marriage article
Dear Editor, The article on the same sex marriage case ("Gay marriage arguments head back to high court" by Britte Marsh, 2/28/08) contains a number of factual errors that need to be corrected – for the sake of the readers...
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March 9, 2008 4:21 PM |
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Journalism advisers need protection, too
Many kudos to State Sen. Leland Yee (D -San Francisco/ San Mateo) for unveiling Senate Bill 1370, which aims to "prohibit an employee from being dismissed, suspended, disciplined, reassigned, transferred, or otherwise retaliated against for acting to protect a pupil's...
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March 6, 2008 2:58 PM |
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Former supervisor ready for the big time
Always a candidate but never the president, Ralph Nader has tapped local boy Matt Gonzalez to be his running mate. The reaction to Nader’s latest candidacy makes Democrats froth at the mouth and howl about how Nader gave the 2000...
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March 6, 2008 2:56 PM |
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Dealing with the parking blues
You roll into the SF State parking garage and after a search for a space that takes you four levels up or down into the bowels of the earth, you grab your wallet and head for the nearest ticket vending...
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Darla Nagle
March 6, 2008 2:53 PM |
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Pres. Corrigan, how about a meeting?
College students have become victims of unpredictable violence in recent years with recent shootings at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois Universities. College newspapers, via the Internet, have served as a vital site for getting important information out to inform students,...
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February 28, 2008 2:30 PM |
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Breaking out the flip-flops for spring
John McCain has made his name synonymous with campaign reforms. For the longest time his crown jewel was the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, more widely known as the McCain-Feingold Act. This law, which became effective in 2003, helped...
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February 28, 2008 2:25 PM |
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Holding Sunday school is not enough
On Sunday, Feb. 17, the California State University chancellor and university presidents, provosts and distinguished faculty spoke to congregations of 30 black churches throughout the Bay Area and Sacramento as part of the Third Annual Northern California Super Sunday. This...
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February 21, 2008 9:39 AM |
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Shooting brings back painful memories
Chaos. Feeling powerless while witnessing fellow classmates and professors being shot at, but most of all fearing for your life in the one place you would think you can never be in danger: your campus. The Northern Illinois University shooting...
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Benedicte Lelong
February 21, 2008 9:37 AM |
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Letter to editor: 19th Ave. collision article
I just picked up a copy of the golden gate [X]press, dated Thursday Feb. 7, and read the Police Cruiser article. I'm writing now because the line "Motorist fails to yield to police [...]", which follows the headline, made me...
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February 19, 2008 10:42 AM |
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Students navigate deep sea of debt
The idea of a public education system is that anyone can enroll in college. Students choose a college and pay a reasonable tuition. They work hard, earn a degree and take their acquired skills into the job market and stimulate...
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February 14, 2008 10:35 AM |
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Images of SF State’s tumultuous past fade
In the winter of 1968, SF State was a battleground. The firing of a staff member active with the Black Panther Party ignited student unrest, then a strike, then violent clashes with police. Thousands of students participated in rallies and...
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Sarah Morris
February 14, 2008 10:31 AM |
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Inspired voters defy conventional wisdom
So the young people don’t vote, huh? So “Super Tuesday” was supposed to decide it all, eh? Thank the gods that conventional wisdom about youth voting and primary season was shattered on Feb. 5. It’s about time this happened. [X]press’...
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February 7, 2008 10:36 AM |
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Supervisors election is chance for fresh start
The war between Mayor Gavin Newsom and Board of Supervisor President Aaron Peskin started when Peskin ripped into Newsom’s use of funds from city agencies, like MUNI, to pay some employees’ salaries. Shortly after, documents were released revealing that Peskin...
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February 7, 2008 10:34 AM |
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