Opinion

During this year’s 9/11 tribute in New York City, presidential nominee Hillary Clinton had to leave unexpectedly, due to the increasing symptoms of her soon-to-be diagnosed pneumonia. Instead of the public showing signs of concern for her health, some in the media chose to discuss the possibility of Clinton’s death and what good it could do for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Proposition 56, or the tobacco tax increase, is a ballot measure that will raise the existing tax on cigarettes as well as other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes by $2.

Sophomore reveals that large college résumés may be unnecessary.

We should support California Proposition 62 to repeal the death penalty.

Capital punishment is a never-ending cycle of violence created by a system riddled with social and economic bias and tainted by human error.

The average class size in Saratoga High this year is 29, compared to 27 from the 2015-16 school year according to assistant principal Brian Safine. Although the influx may not seem significant, some classes feel — and are — much larger. For instance, teacher Richard Ellis’s seventh-period sports P.E. class now contains nearly 80 students, which led to the school hiring an assistant to help him with the huge group.

Conservatism, like liberalism, is a valid line of thought with valid platforms. It may have a support base perhaps not familiar to us and with different values, but that doesn’t detract from its value. Conservatives are people too, people who grew up in different circumstances with different values, but often we and the media see them as homophobic fanatics. This needs to change.

In an attempt to cushion their already overflowing bank accounts, pharmaceutical drug companies are pushing consumers in need of life-saving medicine into financial crises. Mylan, the manufacturers of EpiPens, has been the prime example lately.

Any University of California school costs about $30,000 per year with room and board. Yet a majority U.S. citizens can’t afford these costs. So here’s a secret: There is a way to escape the financial pressures that come with paying off student loans. It’s called community college.

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It’s easy to blame CNN, NBC and virtually every other TV network whose name is a three-letter acronym for the mess that has become the 2016 election. But, in spite of all the superficiality, the general public still tunes in to watch this coverage. They still read the clickbait-y articles and roll their eyes when they see videos of Trump in their newsfeeds, only to watch them anyway.