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Ban on note-sharing sites fails students

By Leonardo Castaneda

Sharing notes is a hallowed student tradition, as old and revered as all-nighters and pre-final freak-outs.

College Republicans belittle ‘coming out’

By Leonardo Castaneda

College Republicans belittle ‘coming out’

ACTA has same dangers as PIPA and SOPA

By Leonardo Castaneda

If you thought the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act were scary, think again.

Release CSU system from Trustee control

By Leonardo Castaneda

For years the California State University system’s Board of Trustees has been the villain everyone loves to hate.

No need for leadership in evolving ‘Occupy’

By Leonardo Castaneda

Occupy Wall Street is entering its third month and is showing no signs of slowing.

Remember, remember bank transfer November

By Leonardo Castaneda

This Nov. 5 will be another Guy Fawkes Day to remember. Dubbed Bank Transfer Day this time around, it marked the culmination of a month-long exodus of fed up customers, going from megabanks to community banks and credit unions.

Paul Ryan calls Pell Grants “unsustainable,” despite students’ reliance on them. MCT Campus

Pell Grants will not destroy US economy

By Leonardo Castaneda

Paul Ryan really does not like to help students. ThinkProgress reported that at a recent town hall meeting in Wisconsin, Ryan was asked why he was so vehemently against the Pell Grant program.

Desalinated water is toxic solution to crisis

By Leonardo Castaneda

Few things are as vital as water to our survival, not just individually but as a nation.

Act is affordable and fair incentive

By Leonardo Castaneda

When Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 130, the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, better known as the Dream Act, into law he unleashed a storm of controversy.

‘Occupy’ cause has revolutionary potential

By Leonardo Castaneda

I was stumped. It was a simple question: What are they protesting?

Cupcake sale crumbles affirmative action debate

By Leonardo Castaneda

Few things are less controversial in our hyper-partisan world than cupcakes. Yet last week cupcakes found themselves at the heart of a heated debate concerning racism and affirmative action.