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Book bans rob students of expanded worldview

MCT Campus

Mark down another win for censorship and intellectual oppression.

In a recent controversial Supreme Court decision striking down a preexisting California law, video game vendors are now able to sell “violent” video games to minors. / MCT Campus

Defend video games as art, not as a threat

Considering that there are graphics, plot lines and entire worlds being created, should we consider video games art?

Athletes such as Tiger Woods, Barry Bonds and Kobe Bryant must realize the influence their status has on the much younger public watching their games on the big screen, Omar Rodriguez / Staff Artist

Game bans essential for bigoted pros

True panache: Cristal, beluga caviar, fine Italian suits and the two Kobes: beef and Bryant. Kobe Bryant is a velvet battering ram, a powerfully smooth scorer both on the court and off.

Gentlemen, get HPV vaccines for the ladies

Chivalry is dead. No longer do women wait for men to throw their coats on muddy puddles.

Artwork courtesy of staff artist Rob Piper

SDSU pays $4.57 million for wrongful firing

I daresay most of us weren’t around when San Diego State’s strength and conditioning coach David Ohton was removed from Aztec Football in 2003, but we did witness the effects of that dismissal two weeks ago. After seven years of court proceedings, Ohton settled with SDSU to the tune of $2.7 million after the legal battle already cost SDSU $1.87 million in attorney fees.

Artwork courtesy of Staff Artist Melodie Lapot

SDSU should defend from predatory banking

Urgent Attention Required.” The words glared up at me from the page of the innocuous letter I’d just torn open. “Uh-oh.” This letter is to notify you that your account has been overdrawn. “What? I haven’t used that account in months.”

Artwork courtesy of contributor Tammi Kendrick

Public shaming is an effective alternative to prison

Public shaming is making a comeback, and the Huntington Beach Police Department is considering this “scarlet letter” approach to punishment to help curb the rampant drunk driving going on in its city.


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