They’re gone now but they were right there, at the bottom of the Craigslist page under “services” until they were blotted out with “censored” and, finally, removed altogether. They were the Erotic/Adult advertisements and they seem to have been a victim of the effectiveness of their own delivery system and a lot of horny people with money.

It seems that what used to be considered prostitution when conducted in the open had become small business entrepreneurship fueled by the anonymity of online vastness. All that was required to set up shop were a picture of at least a portion of [read more...]

Imagine a queue of young voters standing in line to vote on Election Day. With ballots in one hand, they look at the propositions and candidates listed before them. Now the important questions aren’t for whom or what they’ll be voting on, but what do all these issues and candidates stand for, and why will they be voting for them? For example, when young people are asked why they’re voting for Proposition 19, some will say they’re for the legalization of marijuana because it’ll free up space and put real criminals, like rapists and murderers, in jail as opposed to [read more...]

In 2006, Assembly Bill 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act, was passed by the state Legislature and later signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to simply reduce the greenhouse gas emissions in our state to match levels in 1990 by the year 2020.

Now with the general election in November closer than ever, Proposition 23, backed by big Texas oil companies like Valero Energy Corporation and Tesoro Corporation, not only threatens AB32, but also more than 500,000 green jobs and clean air standards.

Proponents of Prop. 23, like Valero who owns Beacon, and Tesoro who owns retail brand name Shell, have [read more...]

Sabrina Alger Photography “It’s none of anybody’s business. They’re protecting their country, they’re doing something; they’re giving back to their country. That should not matter.” Lawna Murray Medical biling and coding “You should have a right to your sexuality. If you like girls, like girls; if you like guys, like guys.” Anthony Harris Chemical engineering “ If you look back in history, whenever a group restricts a person’s ability to express themselves, it usually turns out to be wrong and then repealed.” Briana Swain Undecided “We should get rid of don’t ask, don’t tell. It is an old policy. [read more...]

Our generation, the generation of the future, must curb its breeding as a whole so that our children, and by extent our children’s children, do not have to live in a world obliterated by lack of resources and overpopulation beyond limit.

Just last year, President Obama signed an executive order that expanded embryonic stem cell research, giving scientists more federally allocated tax dollars. This order overturned a previous order put in place by President Bush in 2001 that no longer allowed the federal government to fund the research of embryonic stem cells.

The federal judge who made the ruling, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, concluded that Obama’s executive order was unlawful because it directly violates the Dickey-Wicker Amendment signed by Congress in 1996. This amendment states that the federal government cannot fund any research in which human embryos are created, destroyed [read more...]

Hannah Diamond Teaching “When you get to see your friends again.” Dennis Palmer Graphic Communications “When you’re broke.” Monique Simpson Designer “When you show up for an 8 a.m. class you’re not enrolled in.” Steven Hardy Psychology “When I have a hard time finding a parking spot.” Cheryl Strickland Artist “When you can’t find a place to park in the North Lot.” Alison Valenzuela || Photographer || alison.valenzuela@gmail.com

The lights are dimmed and the stage is set and out walks a familiar face onto the stage named Christine Nicholson. Ever since I was a little girl, I have always been enamored with Broadway shows. So imagine my surprise when I almost fell asleep during City Theatre’s production of “Berlin to Broadway,” directed by Adrienne Sher.

Now I’m all about history and singing, but I am not a fan of the two together in a 2 and half hour long show. When the playwright Kurt Weill mixed the two, I don’t know what he was thinking, because history and [read more...]

The feeling that creates a bond between people is love. Love, which allows doors to be opened or deep feelings to be spoken, is a feeling which can make a person feel like they want to be with their partner forever. Some may say love is a matter of fate and love with a certain individual is supposedly meant to be. Scientists say love is simply a chemical reaction in the brain, which allows them to believe that love is more than a chemical reaction in our mind and bodies.

How can we take love seriously when society over the [read more...]

My perception of family was limited to a mother and father and children. Recently, I realized that families aren’t just made up of blood or marital relationships. Family includes the relationships with people that make them worth more than money. Paying money to gain a family member is a choice everyone has a right to make. Giving up a part of your body for money, so someone can build their family, is also a choice every person has a right to make. Many people aren’t physically or biologically able to create their own family. One option is In Vitro fertilization, [read more...]