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Opinion: AMA takes rational position on irrational same-sex legislation

By Dominick Delgadillo Staff Writer The American Medical Association House of Delegates announced its opposition to anti-gay legislation in early November. The statement published by the association included health risks for homosexuals due to the “Defense of Marriage Act” of 1996, the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy of

Opinion: Kids do not raise themselves

By Jen Houghton Staff Writer Many countries, including Italy, the Czech Republic, Germany and Spain, have Duty to Rescue laws, legally requiring bystanders to assist people in distress or at a minimum to call the local emergency number. The U.S. has no such laws. In France, a person could

Opinion: Fox News shames journalism

By Alex EmslieOPINIONS AND EDITORIALS EDITOR Famed Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein summed up the constant battle journalists fight between fact checking and deadlines, "Done right, reporting -- good journalism -- is nothing more or less than the best obtainable version of the truth." Journalists will always make mistakes

Opinion: Incompetence of Caltrans more serious than money

By Matthew GomezStaff writer A truck driver named Tahir Sheikh Fakhar, 56, plunged to his death Nov. 9, falling 200 feet after traveling around the S-curve installed by the California Department of Transportation over Labor Day weekend. The crash occurred less than two weeks after three cars were struck by

Opinion: Faculty shoulder their share of funding cuts burden

Editor's note: This letter concerns a statement by Joseph Kelleher, management assistant at the John Adams campus. Kellerher's statement appeared in an Oct. 21 The Guardsman news article by Hannah Weiner titled "Highest paid at City College share pain of budget crisis," available online

Opinion: Dying for change we can believe in

By Greg ZemanStaff Writer Imagine if the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had included an “opt out” clause. Unless you’re a California same-sex couple looking to adopt a child, then you don’t really have to imagine that at all, do you? Everybody else though, imagine you were denied

Opinion: Awarding the Nobel for lofty rhetoric shames selection committee

By Michael AndersonStaff Writer The Nobel Peace Prize brings to mind great historical figures such as Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Linus Pauling and Martin Luther King Jr. Shockingly, the most recent prize-winner is our own president, Barack Obama. Obama hasn’t achieved enough in office to merit a prize which