Last week, I was walking along Ring Road toward the Student Center, and I went around the Bookstore, instead of through it, like I usually do. In the small building adjacent to the bookstore, I spy a few people in line at some portable tables, and a sign that says “Freshmen Sweatshirts.”
Here’s a quick hypothetical question: if you cut yourself by accident and started bleeding badly, who would you go to for help? A medical professional with all the necessary training and years of experience? Or the guy next door whose medical expertise extends little farther than the application of Band-Aids and knowing how to dial 9-1-1? I don’t know about you, but there is no doubt that I would go with option number one. After all, who in their right mind would pass up the years of knowledge and experience possessed by a medical professional in favor of whatever Joe Shmoe picked up from watching TV and surfing the Web?
It’s only taken three weeks, but the Occupy Wall Street movement is finally receiving the attention it deserves. Sure, a lot of this attention has to do with the harsh response of the New York police to the protestors, as well as some of the movement’s more outlandish costumes and behavior, but it’s better than being ignored (I myself did not even know it was happening until they had been camped out for a week).
Social Security. To me it used to mean more than knowing that I’ll be well off once I retire. It represented a sense of trust that through thick and thin, Uncle Sam would always be there for me. It meant that if I supported it now, it would support me when I needed it most.
After seeing the drastic budget cuts and tuition hikes from the 2010-11 school year, any type of financial action taken by the University of California system shouldn’t come as a surprise anymore. However, recognizing the previous trends didn’t make the announcement to cut most of the LARC (Learning and Academic Resource Center) programs any easier to handle
Global warming is not a question nor is it a debate in terms of existence. Carbon dioxide levels have skyrocketed in an age that where the multitasking human being is burning a mind-boggling amount of fossil fuel per day than ever before.
EFFECT: Familiar Face in Moneyball: If you’ve been to the movies recently, you might’ve noticed an Anteater in the movie based on Michael Lewis’ book, “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game.”
