Jennifer Torres - Communications “I get enough sleep.” I practice...don’t get stressed. I go off by what I know, my knowledge already and see what happens.” Biannka Sosa - Criminal Justice Major “I just go somewhere quiet and I get all my notes and just start preparing for my finals.” Angelica Pelayo – Liberal Arts “I prepare the last two...

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The government goes through enough of our stuff as it is, there is no real reason for them to go through our Snapchats. They listen in on our private phone calls, read our personal emails and go through our social media, what are our government officials looking for? I seriously doubt there is going to be any valuable information on...

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The Los Angeles Unified School District is giving away iPads to its students. Free iPads are great, but what is even greater is that books and supplies won't be needed anymore. Having an iPad indicates that books will not be around and school supplies will be out of the list to grab as you return to school. Just simply having...

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Waiting a couple of years before hitting the NBA or NFL can do wonders for college athletes. Maintaining patience and allowing one’s talents to season and develop in a certain time frame is absolutely the mindset college athletes need to take in order to understand why they should wait a few years before going professional. College athletes are quick to...

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Video gaming is something anyone at any age level can do and requires very little physical activity and therefore should not be considered a sport. Sports like football, baseball and basketball are real sports. They require a lot of physical training and energy to do. Even Grandma Lilly in the movie “Grandma’s Boy” can play video games! It doesn’t take...

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Video games are a source of many ways of progress toward a means. Video games don’t have a bad influence on people in the real world. They are a source where we can vent our stress, our frustration and our sadness into a fantasy world. Recent buzz has surrounded the immensely popular “GTA V” because of the violence that is...

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Arming teachers and administrators in schools is a dangerous and risky move that brings more problems to schools. After events such as Columbine and Sandy Hook, many start to wonder how we could have prevented them. One town in Arkansas has taken a step that some politicians and political groups have called for by arming school teachers. While many say...

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Students need to stop being so lazy in their classes and not have the mindset that they can take classes that they don’t care about over again. Cerritos College offers repeatability courses to students if they fail or withdraw from a class. They are able to take the class over again. However, some students take a negative advantage of this...

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What happens when you mix money and one of the biggest school districts in the country? Answer: You get crazy, unnecessary spending. Recently, the Los Angeles Unified School District has decided that the best way to spend money it barely has is to give every student an Apple iPad. According to Los Angeles Times education reporter Howard Blume, the district...

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The end of the semester is approaching which means students can either look forward to winter break or look forward to the dreaded finals. The finals that roll around at the end of every semester are just beginning and students are getting ready for the long hours of studying or preparing for final presentations. Final exams can often be very...

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