Jeremy Cutcher is a political science senior and Mustang Daily liberal columnist. One of the many issues dominating the beltway media right now is the issue of the debt ceiling. There seems to be broad consensus that the debt ceiling needs to be raised to prevent the U.S. from going into default on its debt […]
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Mint has more to offer than fresh breath
Girl Scout Cookie season ended not too long ago, and many of us are just now finishing the last of our Thin Mints that really didn’t help us keep too thin at all.
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It’s time to choose how you want to retire
As you get ready to leave Cal Poly, join the working world and do whatever it is you learned by doing, probably the last thing on your mind is getting old and wrinkly, retiring and dying.
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Road trip — freshman finds imperfections make for the perfect adventure
Freshman columnist is in search of the perfect road trip.
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Tweak your eating habits to boost your energy and professionalism
Food columnist discusses how food can provide energy from breakfast to lunch to dinner.
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Protecting your valuables — the pros of renters insurance
If disaster, calamity and woe strike down upon you, and your rental unit, let renters insurance be your saving grace.
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Professors are people too
Freshman columnist discusses the benefits of graduating college, and with that, going from teachers to “crazy or crazy-awesome” professors.
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Looking back at the financial crisis
Government does not belong in every market, but it does need to intervene in markets that are vital to Americans’ well-being, which, for me, includes public safety, education, health and housing. The question should not be if the government should intervene, but rather how the government should do so.
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Redefining ‘us’ and ‘them’
We humans can be huge jerks, and we’re getting better at it every day. Society, however cracked, provides a structure that encourages good behavior* and discourages the bad. Most of us would behave a bit worse if we knew we wouldn’t be caught or censored. Where the enforcement mechanisms of society are lower we reflect […]
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The benefits of doing business with a credit union
Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Policy and the “When I Was a Mustang…” columnist. Tired of transferring money from your checking account to your savings account every month just to keep your “free” checking account at one of the large, for-profit banks? How about those overdraft charges you might […]