<![CDATA[Viewpoints Online - Opinions RSS]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/se/viewpoints-online-opinions-rss-1.117664 Sun, 1 Aug 2010 06:19:26 -0400 en <![CDATA[Proposition not-so-sweet 16]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/proposition-not-so-sweet-16-1.1486511

By: Sonja Eide / Asst. Opinions Editor



 Proposition 16, misleadingly titled the Taxpayers Right to Vote Act, is–to put it quite frankly–a terrible initiative on California’s 2010 ballot propositions....

]]> 1.1486511 Sat, 29 May 2010 00:25:56 -0400 <![CDATA[The line of separation between tolerance and equality]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/the-line-of-separation-between-tolerance-and-equality-1.1486512

By: Jared Saavedra / Asst. Opinions Editor



 You’re next, National Chip and Dip Day. Anyone who has kept a close watch on the frequency of prayer in America would have noticed a blemish in the holiday calendar....

]]> 1.1486512 Sat, 29 May 2010 00:25:56 -0400 <![CDATA[The new bigotry: overweight, obese, ostracized]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/the-new-bigotry-overweight-obese-ostracized-1.1486510

By: Corina Cuevas / Staff Writer



Obesity has become America’s No. 1 enemy. America has no shame in openly picking on people who are overweight....

]]> 1.1486510 Sat, 29 May 2010 00:21:11 -0400 <![CDATA[Kiss my tiara: Miss USA stuns]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/kiss-my-tiara-miss-usa-stuns-1.1486509

By: Corinne Love / Senior Staff Assistant



  Beauty pageants are known for a couple of things, and terrorism is not one of them ...

]]> 1.1486509 Sat, 29 May 2010 00:21:10 -0400 <![CDATA[Editorial- Move away, save money]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/editorial-move-away-save-money-1.1486507

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Wanna get away? No, it is not an advertisement for Southwest Airlines.

It’s the question that is popping up in most transfer students’ minds.  
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]]> 1.1486507 Sat, 29 May 2010 00:18:42 -0400 <![CDATA[‘View my profile,’ and the rest of my personal life]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/view-my-profile-and-the-rest-of-my-personal-life-1.1483205

By: Cloie Swain / Staff Writer


“Zombieland,” the immortal, should-have-won-an-Oscar movie starring Jesse Eisenberg had a moment in which one of the more socially relevant quotes was uttered by his character. “The best thing about Zland... no Facebook status updates...

]]> 1.1483205 Wed, 19 May 2010 01:44:25 -0400 <![CDATA[Nobody wants a ‘sad’ meal]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/nobody-wants-a-sad-meal-1.1483204

By: Corina cuevas / Staff Writer


Good-bye happy meal toys, hello nutrition; in Santa Clara County, that is....

]]> 1.1483204 Wed, 19 May 2010 01:44:24 -0400 <![CDATA[The chocolate war: research indicates depression]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/the-chocolate-war-research-indicates-depression-1.1483203

By: Corinne Love / Senior staff assistant



Rather than “drowning out my sorrows,” in a bar, or taking antidepressants, I eat chocolate. In fact, I consume more chocolate than what’s probably necessary....

]]> 1.1483203 Wed, 19 May 2010 01:39:30 -0400 <![CDATA[Haiti’s hope comes in barrels]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/haiti-s-hope-comes-in-barrels-1.1483202

By: Jared Saavedra / Asst. opinions editor



It’s everywhere: pizza, cod liver, automobiles, and skin. It’s needed every 10,000 miles. Yet it’s still hard to come by, or rather, hard to go by. Oil, that is. Black gold, Texas tea....

]]> 1.1483202 Wed, 19 May 2010 01:39:30 -0400 <![CDATA[Editorial - Surviving the transfer system]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/editorial-surviving-the-transfer-system-1.1483201

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The future forecast for community college students looks cloudy with no chance of sunshine to transfer....

]]> 1.1483201 Wed, 19 May 2010 01:37:43 -0400 <![CDATA[Mortal Combat may finally look innocent after all]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/mortal-combat-may-finally-look-innocent-after-all-1.1470531

By: Corina Cuevas / Staff Writer


Step aside zombies and monsters; creators of video games have gone to another level....

]]> 1.1470531 Mon, 3 May 2010 01:19:52 -0400 <![CDATA[Thumping more than Bibles]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/thumping-more-than-bibles-1.1470530

By: Sonja Eide / Assistant Opinions Editor


The Westboro Baptist Church is at it again....

]]> 1.1470530 Mon, 3 May 2010 01:19:51 -0400 <![CDATA[An unfortunate lesson learned]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/an-unfortunate-lesson-learned-1.1470526

By: Cloie Swain / Staff Writer


It takes a certain set of skills to be a bully....

]]> 1.1470526 Mon, 3 May 2010 01:13:28 -0400 <![CDATA[New and continuing challenge is cursing up a storm]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/new-and-continuing-challenge-is-cursing-up-a-storm-1.1470527

By: Jared Saavedra / Assistant Opinions Editor


Some 50 cent words aren’t as cheap as they used to be....

]]> 1.1470527 Mon, 3 May 2010 01:13:28 -0400 <![CDATA[Editorial - Legalizing discrimination]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/editorial-legalizing-discrimination-1.1470520

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Illegal immigration has been a problem in California for years, thankfully no one has decided to turn to racial profiling as a solution....

]]> 1.1470520 Mon, 3 May 2010 01:10:37 -0400 <![CDATA[Stalking on the cell phone the modern way to stalk]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/stalking-on-the-cell-phone-the-modern-way-to-stalk-1.1373550

By: Corina Cuevas / Staff Writer


As cell phone technology sophistication increases, so does the risk of losing one’s privacy....

]]> 1.1373550 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:25:12 -0400 <![CDATA[Go Pass is a no pass at Norco]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/go-pass-is-a-no-pass-at-norco-1.1373549

By: Cloie Swain



Anyone from the Norco campus using Riverside Transit Agency’s Go Pass program for free rides, get your last hurrah out now. Come August, the free rides will come to an end for that campus. Well, at least for one out of the three campuses...

]]> 1.1373549 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:25:11 -0400 <![CDATA[Half baked, half legal: California’s smoky new bill]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/half-baked-half-legal-california-s-smoky-new-bill-1.1373546

By: Corinne Love / Senior staff assistant



It’s time to rehash some old Californian stereotypes. How about the stereotype that constantly plagues this state as a state of potheads, valley girls and surfers?...

]]> 1.1373546 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:22:21 -0400 <![CDATA[Unstable health care reform]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/unstable-health-care-reform-1.1373545

By: Jared Saaverda / Asst. Opinions Editor



Well, health care reform has passed, and there is a greater cost to breathing. On March 21 the House of Representatives passed the famous $940 billion dollar healthcare bill, much publicized and televised....

]]> 1.1373545 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:22:20 -0400 <![CDATA[Editorial - Fighting terrorists, discrimination]]> http://www.viewpointsonline.org/opinions/editorial-fighting-terrorists-discrimination-1.1373538

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It takes a special kind of person to serve their country the way the men and women of the US Armed Forces do. They choose to serve in a way that places immeasurable strain on their families and places their lives in danger....

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