Uncovering the GOP’s War on Women
Tamar McCollom, Opinion Editor
March 17, 2012
It’s hard to imagine that we are still fighting the same battles that our grandmothers fought 50 years ago. For the past few months, debate in Washington over women’s health issues has reemerged with a vengeance, and it shows no signs of dissipating. First came the attacks on Planned Parenthood.... Read more »
Sexist Contraceptives Debate Inherently Ridiculous
Sophia Bollag, Managing Editor
March 9, 2012
In January, the Obama administration proposed a rule requiring all businesses, including Catholic ones, to provide insurance coverage of the birth control pill to employees. Ever since, debate about coverage and usage of the pill has dominated the 2012 presidential race. Members of Congress and media... Read more »
Class Rank Still has a Place in Modern High Schools
Reese Levine, Staff Writer
March 9, 2012
According to the National Association for College Admission Counseling, over half of American high schools no longer rank their students. This is just the continuation of a trend that has many administrators skeptically viewing class rank as outdated. Even though there are great disparities in the quality... Read more »
Should Government Regulate the Internet? – Con
Kelsi Lerner, Staff Writer
March 9, 2012
From SOPA to PIPA, and ACTA to PCIP, the world has been debating legislation on Internet censorship within the past few months… and Texas Representative Lamar S. Smith seems to be behind it all. So much for states’ rights. Smith authored the Stop Online Piracy Act as well as the Protect Children... Read more »
Facebook Ad Targeting Violates Privacy
Katie Hoskins, Staff Writers
March 9, 2012
On Feb. 1, the social networking site Facebook filed for an initial public offering (IPO), meaning that, for the first time, investors can buy stock in the company. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company’s estimated value will be between $75 and $100 billion when it opens this spring. While... Read more »
Should Government Regulate the Internet? – Pro
Grace Hilty, Feature Editor
March 9, 2012
I will be the first to admit that the Internet bills currently in the House and Senate are failing for good reason. These bills address the issue of online piracy, but fail to maintain free, open access to other web content. SOPA and PIPA disregard the “code” that has existed since the dawn of the... Read more »
Housewives Facilitate Efficient Familial System
Trevor Rechnitz, Online EIC
March 9, 2012
Is it okay for a Miramonte senior girl to want only to be a mom and a housewife? Yes. After a controversial survey in a senior Gov/Econ class, a striking number of girls planned on getting married young and starting a family without even considering a career. So what’s the issue with Miramonte women... Read more »
New Rules to Rectify the Mistakes of Last Year
Tamar McCollom, Opinion Editor
February 3, 2012
Another year, another list of annoyances to be rectified. Mirador takes on politics, popular culture, hair, and unsanitary bathrooms with a list of new rules for the new year. Define Santorum. NBC cannot cancel Community. Have we learned nothing from the Great Arrested Development Tragedy of 2006? If... Read more »
Is Drug Education to Blame for SWAT? – Con
Devin Mottier, Staff Writer
February 3, 2012
Over winter break, the media reported about teenage drug use at SWAT, an annual ski trip offered to Bay Area students. The story was quickly used to make grand assumptions and generalizations about our community’s drug culture and the drug education that has taught our students. However, a lack of... Read more »
Is Drug Education to Blame for SWAT? – Pro
Sophia Bollag, Managing Editor
February 3, 2012
When several pounds of drugs were confiscated from buses taking local students to the SWAT ski trip in Elko, Nevada, the community reacted with an “it was bound to happen sometime” attitude. If anything was surprising about the incident, it was that the trip’s drug stash had finally been discovered,... Read more »
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