I was reading an article on the war on drugs that started with the Nixon administration and it discussed how the U.S. is losing the war on drugs and well frankly, is this surprising to anyone? The problem is that the war on drugs does not address the problem, it merely addresses the symptoms. To put it in simple terms drugs are like a cold and the war on drugs is like cold medicine. It only takes care of the symptoms and well right now the cold is winning. So the question is why is…
Violence as a means for social change is difficult to comprehend. The very essence of social change is to make society different even better at points; regardless of the causes, violence seems to only make it worse. Whether it is life, liberty or property someone always loses something when violence is employed. If all other non-violent options are exhausted and violence is the only means to bring about the needed changes then the violence is immeasurable in value. The Boston Tea Party was one such…
The American Civil Liberties Union or ACLU is currently working to help maintain the constitutional rights that are given to all people through legislation and through defending individual’s whose rights have been infringed. They work within the legal system through civil procedures to procure the rights of all American’s regardless of the person’s agenda or political standing. According to the ACLU’s website,
Ever told a blonde joke? How about a racist joke? How about ever used a racial epithet in anger? Ever made a stereotype or generalization about a particular group of people based upon what you “know”? Many people only consider the overt forms of racism as racism; they think the hate groups are the only ones who are racist or bad. But what about those people that aren’t overtly racist but instead are covert about their racism? These are just a few ideas of how people can be racist without even knowing it.
I know I have been ranting and raving lately about the injustices students endure, not all is doom and gloom though and I certainly don’t want this blog to become all about the negative. These last few days have been especially trying and I felt the need to “vent” about my life and the trials I am facing. I recently ran across a blog that has captured my attention. It is a blog about a woman who found out that after many years of marriage her husband had been running a Ponzi scheme and that their entire life had been…
Most people don’t know that CSUSM’s official full-time status is significantly lower than the financial aid status that is considered full-time. Accord to CSUSM full-time is anything over 6 units, however the required units for full-time for financial aid and many insurance companies is 12 units. So the fact that CSUSM has limited once again students to only 13 units is no coincidence. They make no additional money off of students if they take more than 12 units. Financial aid and any aid from the state and or federal government does not increase if you take more than 12 units.…
Apparently California State University – San Marcos is no longer in the business of graduating students at least not unless you are willing to play by their obscenely inane rules. They once again, due to “budget” cuts are restricting the level of units that a student can take to only 13! The absolute absurdity of this is that they are continuing to build a student union to the tune of about 40+ million dollars. So let’s see they aren’t willing to give up their student union for a while until the budget “rights” itself. Yet they are willing to charge…
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