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Archive | August 24th, 2009

AGAINST ALL ODDS: Faculty furloughs detrimental to students

To put it in familiar terms &- the Instructional Related Activities fee increase: $160. Total undergraduate registration fees: $2,451. The academic training and skills we will lose this year: Priceless.

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CARTOON: 8-24-09

CARTOON: 8-24-09

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Hall opens for female Aztecs

Residence halls are a near-timeless aspect of any college experience. In the beginning, these buildings represented a conservative, single-sex living arrangement, and the storied inception of residence hall life at San Diego State closely mirrors that buttoned-up behavior.

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UNDER THE SCOPE: Alexisonfire

UNDER THE SCOPE: Alexisonfire

Courtesy of Aleesha Harris The Daily Aztec: So, your new album, “Old Crows/Young Cardinals” deputed on the Canadian charts at No.1. Alexisonfire drummer Jordon Hastings and vocalist George Pettit: Well, No. 2 I think. Black Eyed Peas snuck in there. Also, actually Michael Jackson, he screwed us on the iTunes charts. He had eight spots, [...]

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IRA fee always a controversy

As we begin the new year, most students are hurting from an over 34 percent increase in the cost of our education from last year. The 34 percent coming from the CSU Board of Trustees and other increases coming from our local campus 8212; such as the widely contested instructionally Related Activities (IRA) Fee. This fee has grown in leaps and bounds much to the chagrin of students.

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Getting to know: Anthony Miller

Getting to know: Anthony Miller

Name: Anthony Miller
Position: Running Back
Number: 32
Height/Weight: 6-0 / 220
Class: Freshman
High School: Carter High School (Dallas)
Hometown: Dallas

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FEELING TRUTH AT YOU: Water conservation is essential

I have sat on the sidelines for far too long with a thirst for change. For months, I have watched the citizens of San Diego County, despite being in a dramatic water emergency, waste the now precious commodity with reckless disregard for the consequences. It’s about time that something is done about the population that simply thinks that they are above helping out the county by conserving water.

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Public health option unnecessary

As soon as recess started, things really started to get interesting. Soon Congress will have to vote on this universal health care idea that has been in the air for years, even during the time of the Clinton administration.

On Sunday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius said that public health option is not necessary for the current health care reform bill.

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POINTS TO PONDER: 8-24-09

National elections in Afghanistan suffer low turnout amid threats from TalibanNumber of Afghans killed because of election-related violence: 26Number of attacks carried out by Taliban militants on the day of the election: 73Percent of Afghanistan’s 15 million registered voters who actually voted according to officials: 40 to 50%Percent of Afghanistan’s registered voters who actually voted [...]

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