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Letter to the Editor: Stanford hunger-striker heads to infirmary
In regards to the article: Stanford hunger-striker heads to infirmary...
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 2:58am PDT
Mexico City lawmakers pass abortion bill
The article discusses how Mexico City finally passed a law to legalize abortion. Even though the law has passed, women can still be imprisoned for getting an abortion late too late in pregancy....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 1:43am PDT
Is There More Than Tragedy?
This passage focuses on the importance of community activism and how sad it is that little news coverage is given to people and events concerned with possitve change....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 12:50am PDT
Aggressive Sonoma Elephant Seal- Letter to the Editor
A letter to the SF Chronicle regarding a story on an aggressive elephant seal. I suggest approaching the issue from an examination of causes of the seal's behavior, as they reflect a wider overlap between animals and human activity....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 12:37am PDT
Volunteer work is food for 90-year-old's soul
Article about a 90 year old woman, Novelean Harris , is still volunteering at her church. Her work over the years has made a great different in her community....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 11:08pm PDT
Sometimes You Win
UCSC researcher Shaye Wolf worked with organizations to force Chevron to cancel its intrusion of a fragile ecosystem by halting the building of a liquified natural gas terminal adjacent to the Coronado Islands....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 11:07pm PDT
Response to SF Chronicle
This is a response to the SF Chronicle's criticism of Pro-Choice advocates using scientific/confusing terminology to further their cause....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 10:56pm PDT
Virginia Governor Plays His Role:
The Governor of Virginia takes a small step towards controlling guns within oue education system. I propose that the reason he has stated he will look into closing the loophole was only to promote a positive political view for himself. If he really wanted to make a change so that instances such as the recent school shooting wouldn't occur int the future then he would try and make a bigger and more effective change....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 10:44pm PDT
Cutting Mental Health Programs
Shootings at Virginia Tech indicative of University priorities...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 10:24pm PDT
Virginia Tech Shootings
Are psychiatrists/teachers really to blame for the violence?...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 7:39pm PDT
There are too many corporations
Corporation need to be stopped...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 7:29pm PDT
the w-word
this is my letter to the editor of CNN, in response to his article about "Commentary: The hypocrisy of repeating the 'w-word'"....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 6:41pm PDT
Response to Washington Post's Article Hundreds of Teens March to Demand Intervention in Darfur
My response to the Washington Post article, Hundreds of Teens March to Demand Intervention in Darfur, which was written by Steve Vougt...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 5:56pm PDT
Global Warming No Longer Controversial
A basic overview of the evidence and logic behind why YOU shouldn't be confused about the issue of Global Warming...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 11:38am PDT
Current GMO News & Other Food News
Liberty, Maine Goes GMO Free, India’s Supreme Court Slammed With Largest GMO Lawsuit on Record, FDA Moves to Drop “Irradiated” Labeling Requirements, USDA Misleads Consumers With “Raw” Almond “Pasteurization...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 11:34am PDT
October 2007 Gathering of Indigenous Peoples of the Américas
The Gathering of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas will take place during October 11-14, 2007 in the town of Vicam, land of the Yaqui Tribe, in the municipality of Guaymas, in the State of Sonora, Mexico....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 9:46am PDT
Immigrant's Deserve the Same Rights as American Citizens
It is not fair that human beings be subjected to these injustices by the American government. Bringing these hard working people down and ruining their lives because they are not native to this country. Whatever happened to "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free." We must rise up against these injustices and have our voices be heard....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 3:27am PDT
education for a better nation
media outlets should be providing students with information pertinent to non-resident students and their struggle to establish a better education for a better nation....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 2:31am PDT
Loves Got Everything to Do With It
My letter addresses how we treat each other and how the world would be as a result of that....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 12:49am PDT
Truely organic beer?
Organic beer may not be organic anymore, with the introduction of inorganic hops....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 12:05am PDT