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Opinion: ‘Missed connections’ avoidable

By Roxanne Bequio Staff Writer You’re going about your own business, when someone catches your eye. Thoughts rush through your head as you formulate a plan to initiate conversation with this complete stranger. However, this proves to be a difficult task, seeing how first impressions are everything a

Opinion: Smoking ban is discrimination

By Graham Henderson Staff Writer Prohibiting smoking on a public school campus such as City College is discrimination.

Opinion: From oppressed to oppressor

BY DESMOND MILLEREDITOR On Nov. 4 2008, I was torn in two by the historical election that struck down one discriminatory ideal, the thought that a black man could never be the president of the United States, and strengthened another, the thought that marriage could only be between a man

Opinion: Virtual classrooms strain brains

By Graham HendersonSTAFF WRITER In the 2007 school year, enrollment in online college classes rose by 12 percent. Nearly four million college students take one or more online classes in the United States alone, according to a press release from Sloan Consortium, which bills itself as “The nation’s largest

Opinion: World wide web of journalists unite

By Nick SquiresSTAFF WRITER Blogging has come a long way in a short amount of time. From political blogs offering a personal point of view on national issues contrary to those of traditional media — to online journals full of idiosyncratic rants about what the blogger ate that day complete with

Opinion: Senator Obama, the Jackie Robinson of our generation

Senator Barack Obama could become the first African American to be elected President of the United States, making Nov. 4 2008, one of the most historic days in American history.

Opinion: Cellular Trap

BY ROXANNE BEQUIOSTAFF WRITER I consider myself behind the curve when it comes to cell phones, seeing as how I’ve only recently got one. I’ve had it for less than a week and still forget I own it sometimes. Life without a cell phone went fairly well for