Archive for March, 2010
Its a good week to be a student!
Author: MollyIn that past week, we have witnessed the passage of a revolutionary health care bill as well as vital student aid reform. Both overhaul their respective systems, placing a focus onto patients and students rather than insurance companies and big banks. While the focus of the debate around reconciliation was on the health care aspect [...]
Read moreHealth Care Postscript
Author: RobbieThere’s been some discussion on liberal blogs lately about the true meaning of the recent health care reform victory that has reflected some of my own thoughts. It is a great progressive acheivement, and yet the legislation itself is pointedly centrist, even Republican. This has struck me as quite a contradiction. But over at Jon [...]
Read morefacebook.edu: Campaigning for Higher Education
Author: AnaisWhen I came to Cal, I purged my closet of all things red, of course in solidarity with thousands of Cal students before me turning up their noses at the Stanford Stink. But I’m sure over the last year people reading this have rallied with me in that hated color, forgetting the pettiness of rivalship, [...]
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