Category: Editorial

Campus, Editorial

Don’t silence the violence

Meagan Falcon

Rolling Stone magazine opened up a can of worms when it decided to release an article titled “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA” in November. As the campus and community began to question the authenticity of the story, it became clear that this story was false. Rolling Stone, five months after the article’s release, decided to retrace its steps and check the facts behind the story, which should have been done originally. Critics of the sloppy journalism say the falsified statements have done their damage and ruined people’s lives after the world placed…

Editorial

Letting students carry guns would make us all safer

Meagan Falcon

Guns don’t kill people. People kill people. This is a saying most know all too well. Some people argue that the actual weapon isn’t the problem, but the people carrying those weapons that are at fault. We believe this saying to be true. Guns kill people, yes. But the person handling the gun is the one who pulls the trigger. Should we take into consideration their background? Out of all the school shootings that have happened over the years, were those gun carriers licensed? If students or faculty who had undergone background checks to get permits could have carried weapons…

Campus, Editorial, Opinions

Changing the world one leaf at a time

Meagan Falcon

The acronym THC may be familiar to some, but what about CBD? For those who don’t know, THC stands for tetrahydrocannabinol, one of the active ingredients in marijuana, or the one that gets you “high.” CBD, cannabidiol, is the other ingredient. Unlike THC, CBD does not have the same effect on the body or mind. Instead, it can actually treat people suffering from pediatric epilepsy, autism, cancer, pain, PTSD, brain injuries, anxiety and various neurological conditions, according to doseofnature.com. So why is this not being administered to the people who so obviously need it? It is because its partner is…

Campus, Editorial

Giving all an equal chance at success is paramount

Meagan Falcon

  Regent Guy Watts believes Del Mar College is swarming with unprepared students and requests they be separated so as to not negatively affect the growth of the so-called best and the brightest. As we do see his point to continue to challenge the well-prepared students with their education, we do not feel it is necessary to isolate them to a single campus. In Watts’ original letter, published in the Island Moon newspaper in October, he claims that DMC is a “sea of mediocrity” and says the influx of “unprepared” students, or those with GEDs who are taking remedial classes,…

Editorial

Local voter turnout disappoints

Meagan Falcon

On Nov. 4, barely one in three Americans fulfilled their responsibility and made it to the voting booths at their local precincts; however, it seems the rest of America’s eligible voters did not go out to make a difference for themselves and their community. According to The New York Times, fewer than 37 percent of eligible voters nationwide voted. “This has to be the lowest voter turnout since 1942 where only 33.9 percent had voted,” the Times reported. Voter turnout in midterm elections is traditionally lower than in years with a general election. But 2014 was particularly low, down 5…