I began this article on the principle of giving light to the fact that the American people have lost many of their freedoms, primarily that of free speech. I set out to illustrate examples of censorship in our society, mostly because I myself feel cens...

He reminded me of my dad, though he looked nothing like him. He was in his late 30s, dark skinned, polite and, unlike my dad, spoke understandable English. ...

During President Loewenstein's first semester in office at Modesto Junior College, he stopped by the Pirates' Log newsroom and made a point of voicing his opinion on journalism. He emphasized the importance of student journalism for cam...

He reminded me of my dad, though he looked nothing like him. He was in his late 30's, dark skinned, polite and, unlike my dad, spoke understandable English. ...

According to SFGate.com, California has raised state funding for prisons by 9% annually and higher education by 5% since 2007. By 2012, our budget will spend more on our prison systems than colleges....

My whole life people have been telling me that if I go to college and get an education, that I can be anything or anybody I want to be. I believed them. What they didn't tell me, however, is that I have fight for what I want; that I either have to give...

After reading and then digesting the 20-page budget cut proposal Dr.Gaither Loewenstein submitted to the school on February 28, I found myself and the ASMJC office a bit out of the loop. The ASMJC office felt like ...

'It's like the rug was pulled out from under me. This statement by culinary arts major Anthony Martinez, 21, reflects the general sentiment of Modesto Junior College students in response to the president's proposed budget cuts last week. ...

In this great country we call the United States of America we the people are afforded civil liberties. These liberties are emplaced into laws that protect the people from the government. These laws allow the people to challenge the authority of the gov...

Of all the jobs that American citizens might do, and of all the careers for which they may train, only one profession is constitutionally protected. The First Amendment to the Bill of Rights guarantees freedom of speech ...

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I am in danger. I am among the many in danger of losing something vital to the way we live in this supposed free nation. We are in danger of losing our free speech, and in that our freedom to express ourselves freely and...

To Whom It May Concern: I am a student of Modesto Junior College. It has always been in my future to attend Modesto Junior College. Ever since I was a small child struggling to learn to read, I was familiar with Modesto Junior College. I can reca...

MJC President Dr. Gaither Loewenstein announced Feb. 5 that the college faces an estimated $8 million in budget cuts. This would include layoffs of faculty and staff, possible elimination of programs and classes, incr...

Life is full of ironies. Like in 1973 when the Supreme Court declared it moral and legal to murder a child while he's in his mother, and then in the same year pass the Endangered Species Act which rendered killing animal...

Days after the January 8 Tucson shooting, people began arguing about who was to blame. The press pointed fingers at Sarah Palin's slogan 'Don't Retreat, Reload' and the map of the United States with Democratic House Rep. Gabby Giffords of Tucson (among...

Ann Onimus is waiting for her next class on East Campus with time to spare, $4 in her pocket and a rumbling in her stomach. She usually brings her own lunch, but today she forgot, forcing her to make ultimate MJC food decision: cafeteria or taco truck?...

Have you ever found yourself sitting at your computer, intending to do your homework, and suddenly find yourself wandering onto Facebook? When you wake up in the morning, do you check your Facebook before you do anything else? Do you use your phone to ...

At the end of the 1800s the artificial tree came into existence in Germany. Originally this tree was wire covered in dyed feathers. In the 1930s, Addis Brush Company (toilet bowl brush manufacturer) designed a tree similar to modern day artificial Chri...

Every year, our family buys a dead pine tree at a parking lot turned into a forest. Then every year, after preserving this corpse for a month and decorating it with ornaments and colorful lights, we throw it to the curb where it joins other trees in a ...