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The cost of no more net neutrality

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai recently announced that the federal government’s net neutrality rules will soon be no more, effectively messing up things for nearly every person in the United States. Net neutrality is the idea that all providers treat Internet data the same and keeps internet providers from messing with your internet and making it benefit themselves. This hypothetically would keep a provider like Spectrum, formerly Time Warner, from making its competitors’ websites slower or inaccessible. This also keeps Internet providers from charging more for select websites, blocking sites or apps entirely or slowing down your Internet at…

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Thanks for not giving us more time off

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Time and planning are key when getting ready for the holidays. That also means added pressure for college students. Thanksgiving is a time to be with family around delicious food and drinks, sharing stories and memories with one another and hoping the night does not end with a fight. Del Mar College is a nontraditional college, full of students who may not have gone straight into college after they graduated high school. Many students are either raising a child by themselves or have already started a family, so students are trying to balance their own schedule along with their child’s…

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They help us, it’s time to help them

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Voting is a fundamental right of being an American, one that Texans will be able to partake in Nov. 7 in a constitutional amendment election. That is, if you knew it was happening. Texas is notoriously a low-voting state, with the Huffington Post putting Texas as the fifth lowest voting state in the nation in 2016. During the last election, roughly 55 percent of the eligible population voted compared with the state of Minnesota, which had around 75 percent of its eligible population vote. While more than half of the state voting doesn’t seem too bad, the real problem comes…

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Stop holding victims responsible

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It is never the job of a woman not to be harassed, assaulted or raped. In the wake of a massive sexual harassment scandal rocking Hollywood, Donna Karan came out in defense of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. The fashion designer stated in an interview with the Daily Mail that these women were being harassed and assaulted based on what they were wearing. Karan is a titan of the fashion industry. When something is in style or going out of style, Karan is one of the people who is responsible for dictating that. If she truly believes that these women are…

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Taking aid when not in dire need

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Not only is it wrong for people to collect on goods and services intended for disaster victims, it’s also wrong when someone knows this is happening and does nothing about it. Millions of Americans found themselves in the paths of three of the biggest storms in our country’s history and are now attempting to pick up the tattered pieces and move forward. There also are several states facing massive fires that have declared states of emergency. When disasters happen and a state of emergency is declared, the Federal Emergency Management Agency heads into the affected area (once it is safe)…

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Student Services in the palm of your hand

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Students are offered a variety of services at Del Mar College. These services are there for them to use if they need help or need to borrow something like a laptop or calculator. Del Mar College has an abundance of student services for nearly all majors. However, not a lot of students take advantage of these services. College includes not only the cost of the classes, but also basic fees like the parking permit, graduation, grounds improvements, campus security, instructional support like the math, reading and writing labs and the student services which covers intramural sports, student club activities, and…

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Has the media gone too far?

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As people are watching the news with shock, many are discovering the ups and downs of natural disaster coverage. Journalists and photojournalists work their way through the storm to report and inform for the safety of the public and give hindsight to events. CNN reporter Rosa Flores got mass criticism on live TV for her interview at a Houston shelter with a woman named Danielle, along with her children who had just arrived. Tired, frustrated and clearly in shock, Danielle shared her rescue with the reporter saying, “We had been there like five days with no food and no lights…

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They can say what they want

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With hate groups becoming more bold and holding more public demonstrations, the question that so many national news outlets have published op-eds about is whether hate speech is free speech, and the answer is yes, it is. The demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which a protester was killed, have begun national debates about free speech and its role in hate speech. While the idea that banning hate speech sounds like it would make the world a better and nicer place, the logistics are murky and objective. People have different ideas about what hate speech is. No doubt, Obama and Trump…

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Vote with your brain

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Every person who is eligible to vote in the upcoming mayoral special election must do so. So many people who are able to vote don’t think it’s necessary, but not voting is irresponsible and basically throwing away one of the only chances you really have at making a difference in your community. If you don’t vote, can you really complain about what happens in your town? Not only should you vote, it’s your duty to know whom you’re voting for. It’s also your responsibility to be knowledgeable about who’s going to be in charge. Can you imagine not knowing anything…

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Cutting grants a poor decision

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President Donald Trump plans to make cuts to numerous government programs as part of his effort to “drain the swamp,” and education has found itself in the firing line. Trump has proposed pulling from the Pell Grant surplus that was created when summer Pell Grants were taken away. While Trump says he will be making a more stable future for the Pell Grant system, he would actually be harming the poor and making it harder for people to get an education. We find it alarming that so many wealthy politicians with Ivy League educations seem to find college funding for…

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