When Gov. Jerry Brown announced that California received $6.6 billion in unexpected revenue, I immediately thought that the University of California system might be saved from the tuition hikes and budget cuts that we’ve become all too accustomed too.
Author Archives: Salim Zymet
_Lighter workload for North Campus students provides flexibility to explore, critically think about real-world issues_
Friendly debate from students of North and South campuses usually boils down to an issue that has plagued thinkers for centuries: freedom.
It’s up to college students to cut through political partisanship
Political discourse in this country is on life support.
Americans don’t have time for long speeches anymore
If spending an hour of your hard-earned time listening to the president deliver his State of the Union speech doesn’t sound appealing to you, don’t worry ““ you’re not in the minority.
Sophisticated Microsoft Kinect can inspire students to find new uses for game consoles
Flailing arms, sweaty bodies and shattered TV screens aside, motion-sensor video game consoles have revolutionized our culture in and out of the gaming world.
The latest revolution comes in the form of Microsoft’s Kinect.
New political science policy restrictions more troublesome than helpful
A long line of “closed” in the right-hand column of the registrar page is the common theme among most political science courses, lower division or otherwise. Even Friday morning discussions fill up fast. This isn’t the political science department’s fault so much as it is a symptom of how many students are in the department.
_Like other art forms, video games shouldn’t be censored by the law_
Decapitation, torture and murder are but a few of the violent ways in which video games engage their mature audiences.