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Tag: Opinion
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America faces a prisoner's dilemma
Ian Billings/Staff Photographer “I am more concerned with the exorbitant amount of money we spend on each inmate per year, as well as the inability of the prison system to prepare inmates for life back in society.” Zachary Antoyan [follow id =”CPMustangNews”] Zachary Antoyan is a political science senior and Mustang News liberal columnist. These […]
Posted inFeatures
Save yourself some cents this year
Money doesn’t grow on trees. This expression is perhaps more relevant to us as college students than it was in our youth when the mantra was impressed upon our nascent psyches.
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DIY: Last-minute Halloween costumes
Is Halloweekend creeping up on you but you simply don’t have time for costume shopping? Don’t despair — we’ll have you looking spiffy in no time with several quick-fix costume solutions.
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Sleep on it: why students need shuteye
Sam Gilbert is a journalism sophomore and Mustang Daily health columnist. Week five really brings a plethora of emotions. Sure, we’re only five weeks away from the most beautiful season of the year, but we’re also dealing with the ugliest concept known to mankind. Sorry for reminding you, but it’s midterm season. When I think […]
Posted inOpinion
Public preschool should be available to all Americans
Rachael Davison Special to the Mustang Daily At the age of 3, children’s brains are two-and-a-half times more active than adults’ brains. However, the public school system in the United States does not begin until kindergarten, when children are 5 or 6. Children unable to attend preschool miss two to three years of prime learning, […]
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Conservative says his final farewell
Yes, my friends. That sad day has come — a day which will live in infamy. Today, I unveil my last Mustang Daily masterpiece before I go off and become famous somewhere. I understand that a handful of readers will not miss my column nor my mere existence on campus. But these are the folks […]
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Coulter lacked mutual respect, not free speech
I felt compelled to write this piece after attending the Ann Coulter event hosted by the Cal Poly College Republicans (CPCR). As an openly queer man on this campus, and someone who advocates and volunteers for organizations such as the Pride Center, I was deeply offended by what I witnessed. It is hard to describe […]
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How conservative thought will escape suppression
The California public university system prides itself as an open marketplace of ideas with one caveat: ideas must be liberal or otherwise have no place in the classroom. We all know that it exists on campus. Start talking politics with your professors during office hours if it isn’t already blatantly obvious, or simply view the […]
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Holocaust Remembrance day offers opportunity for reflection
Between 1939 and 1945, six million Jews were brutally murdered in Europe. Their crime? Being Jewish.
Posted inOpinion
Easter Bunny makes religious holiday a ‘hare-y’ situation
The Easter Bunny demeans the importance of a religious holiday by promoting consumerism.