Volume 44, Issue 14. Today is
IDEAS AND OPINIONS


Legend's View:

ASMCC leadership: a failure to communicate

It’s a repeat of last year’s student government elections: with over 26,000 students attending Mesa Community College, only one person ran for a position in student government. That could be considered an improvement, though. Last spring, no one ran...

Education shouldn’t stop when summer comes

As summer rolls around, many of us already have ideas of how we want to spend our free time. Some will spend days by the pool getting a tan, while others will work to save money during the year. I for one have spent some summers unproductively, choosing to enjoy free time rather than do anything worthwile with my time. Not this year though. I recently spent a week in San Francisco at a...



Offensive words should punish all offenders

Racism, sexism and bigotry have been around a long time, but when did they start being so cool (a.k.a funny, acceptable, mainstream, encouraged etc.)?
The Billboard Top 40 is full of rappers who sing about b*tch*s and ho’s, not to mention their consistent use of the ‘N’ word. These rap songs don’t exactly induce a whole lot of laughter. Comedy Central’s top comedians...


SOS:

What are your plans for the summer break?