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<title><![CDATA[MASS MEDIUM: National happiness requires fiscal action]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br />A renewed collective responsibility is needed in American society<br><p>
<meta charset="utf-8">There is a bitterness that has consumed our nation since the inauguration of President Barack Obama. The political dialogue has been marked with hyper-partisan, sub-affable language that does nothing but advance the agendas of the ...</p>]]>
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<meta charset="utf-8">There is a bitterness that has consumed our nation since the inauguration of President Barack Obama. The political dialogue has been marked with hyper-partisan, sub-affable language that does nothing but advance the agendas of the ...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[MASS MEDIUM: College loan reform benefits higher education]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br />Student loan reform is beneficial to all involved<br><p>Of all the stresses of being a student, figuring out how to pay for college often ranks at the top of the list. It hasn't helped that tuition and fees increased 30 percent this academic year for California State University students as a result of the stat...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:14:59 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Of all the stresses of being a student, figuring out how to pay for college often ranks at the top of the list. It hasn't helped that tuition and fees increased 30 percent this academic year for California State University students as a result of the stat...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[MASS MEDIUM: Internet access to be expanded to all Americans]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><br><p>Our digital lives are centered around one thing: the Internet. It's  unimaginable to think of life without this revolutionary mode of  communication and networking. After all, we use it in almost every  aspect of life. We use it to log on to Blackboard to...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:35:40 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Our digital lives are centered around one thing: the Internet. It's  unimaginable to think of life without this revolutionary mode of  communication and networking. After all, we use it in almost every  aspect of life. We use it to log on to Blackboard to...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[MASS MEDIUM: New return policies detrimental to students]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br />Bookstore return policy hurts students' pocketbooks<br><p>We spent the fall semester battling budget cuts and the onslaught of fee increases. Now, we're battling our own bookstore with its new, insidious textbook return policy.
As many students know by now, the SDSU Bookstore implemented a new return policy on ...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:25:55 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[We spent the fall semester battling budget cuts and the onslaught of fee increases. Now, we're battling our own bookstore with its new, insidious textbook return policy.
As many students know by now, the SDSU Bookstore implemented a new return policy on ...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[MASS MEDIUM: College produces rationalists]]></title>
<link>http://www.thedailyaztec.com/opinion/columnists/mass-medium/mass-medium-college-produces-rationalists-1.2175208</link>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Andy Lewandowski, Staff Columnist</p><br><p>Some people think going to college makes them more liberal. Parents send their children to college to receive a good education, only to have them come home with entirely new political beliefs. It's a common scenario that, more often than not, comes to fru...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 23:57:50 -0500</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Some people think going to college makes them more liberal. Parents send their children to college to receive a good education, only to have them come home with entirely new political beliefs. It's a common scenario that, more often than not, comes to fru...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[MASS MEDIUM: Current generation under stress]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><br><p>We are the Millennial Generation. Our overprotective parents and scheduled playdates with friends were the norm while growing up. We received trophies even when our team took last place. Our family and friends praised each one of us for being gifted. We w...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:55:55 -0500</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[We are the Millennial Generation. Our overprotective parents and scheduled playdates with friends were the norm while growing up. We received trophies even when our team took last place. Our family and friends praised each one of us for being gifted. We w...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[MASS MEDIUM: Success of GOP lies in breaking stereotype]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><br><p>Our democracy is crumbling because we don't have a healthy two-party system. The Republican Party, lead by ardent ideologues, has become a fractured, angry faction that is hurting our democracy. In order for the U.S. to have a healthy and vibrant governme...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:53:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Our democracy is crumbling because we don't have a healthy two-party system. The Republican Party, lead by ardent ideologues, has become a fractured, angry faction that is hurting our democracy. In order for the U.S. to have a healthy and vibrant governme...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[MASS MEDIUM: Debate beneficial for Obama and Republicans  ]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><br><p>Greater government transparency was proposed by candidates of both parties during the 2008 presidential election in an attempt to win votes. In particular, President Barack Obama promised to bring more transparency to government as a way of holding politi...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 19:15:51 -0500</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Greater government transparency was proposed by candidates of both parties during the 2008 presidential election in an attempt to win votes. In particular, President Barack Obama promised to bring more transparency to government as a way of holding politi...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[MASS MEDIUM: SDSU uses Aztec Shops to fund projects]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Andy Lewandowski, Staff Columnist</p><br><p>The recent acquisition of Albert's College Apartments by Aztec Shops, Ltd. is a concealed attempt at university growth during our budget crisis that fails to live up to the company's mission statement....</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 6 Dec 2009 18:37:21 -0500</pubDate>
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<media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[MASS MEDIUM: SDSU uses Aztec Shops to fund projects]]></media:title>
<media:description><![CDATA[The recent acquisition of Albert's College Apartments by Aztec Shops, Ltd. is a concealed attempt at university growth during our budget crisis that fails to live up to the company's mission statement....]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[MASS MEDIUM: Commentators are not a source of actual news]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Andy Lewandowski, Staff Columnist</p><br><p>What cable network you choose to get your news from says a lot about your political beliefs. Cable news networks have become increasingly polarized and objectivity in journalism has been lost....</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:32:45 -0500</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[What cable network you choose to get your news from says a lot about your political beliefs. Cable news networks have become increasingly polarized and objectivity in journalism has been lost....]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[MASS MEDIUM: Appeal life sentence for young offenders]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Andrew Lewandowski, Staff Columnist</p><br><p>Sentencing juveniles to life in prison without chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment....</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:12:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[MASS MEDIUM: Appeal life sentence for young offenders]]></media:title>
<media:description><![CDATA[Sentencing juveniles to life in prison without chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment....]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[MASS MEDIUM: New bill gives hope to uninsured Americans]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Andrew Lewandowski, Staff Columnist</p><br><p>It has taken decades of bickering and polarized politics to reach this historic point. The passing of a health care reform bill in the House of Representatives should be celebrated as a triumph. We must celebrate the extensive reform the bill provides to ...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:10:38 -0500</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[It has taken decades of bickering and polarized politics to reach this historic point. The passing of a health care reform bill in the House of Representatives should be celebrated as a triumph. We must celebrate the extensive reform the bill provides to ...]]></media:description>
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