Throughout history, consumer movements have been central to revolutions. The French Revolution was brought to a boiling point over the demand for bread. On Feb. 1, 1960, four African American students made history by sitting at a segregated lunch counter at a North Carolina Woolworth’s store in the seats reserved for white customers.
Letters to the editor
Taxpayers aren’t responsible for your health and happiness
Dustin Stone, did you read what the definition of a right is in the article you cited? The right to life means that nobody can take someone’s life away! That in no way means that the government (read: taxpayers) are responsible for paying for the health care of others.
Is patriotism partisan?
Does patriotism have a political party? Some might say so. Last Thursday night at a fundraiser in Greensboro, N.C., Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin was quoted as saying that “we believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard-working, very patriotic, very pro-America areas of this great nation.
Drink, debate and vote for whoever you want
In commemoration of the death of voter registration 2008 and Cal Poly’s “Democracy Week,” I have an idea. An idea that I believe will shake our political system to its core. It is a plan that I think students at Cal Poly can get behind and embrace. It is based on what I have seen on-campus, what I have seen off-campus, and most importantly what I feel in my heart.
Today's the day: make sure your voice is heard
As I hope you have already heard, today, Oct. 20, is the last day to register to vote. It is the last day to make sure your voice is heard in this election. This election is the most important in at least a generation. The outcome could very well determine how much debt you accumulate during your time in school and the kind of jobs you’ll have access to when you graduate.
Political columns are unconvincing
I could spend all day writing why Ian Nachreiner’s column makes
absolutely no sense, but I think I would be preaching to the choir and the unconvertable. I just want to know if there are any “independents” out there who actually read these columns and have their opinions on the issues swayed? Everyone I know either doesn’t read them, or they read the conservative one just to laugh at it.
Prop 8 does not equal religious freedom
Do you go to Farmers’ Market or drive by the Republican office downtown? Have you seen the signs people are walking around with that say “Prop 8 = Religious Freedom?” This is a deviant and deceptive way to sway uninterested voters to vote yes on it. Is that what it’s come to? So I can walk around farmers then, with a sign that reads “Prop 8 = Drinking babies blood”?
Proposition 8, for those of you who don’t know, is a proposition to add the words “between a man and a woman” into the state constitution with regards to the definition of marriage.
Stop trying to make 'maverick' happen!
If I were Tom Cruise, I would be pissed. I would be upset because John McCain and the Republicans are trying to change the badass, aviator shades-wearing “Top Gun” character image into that of a cranky old politician desperately trying to get a position I’m fairly sure he would use to take the country in the wrong direction.
Why is 'number whatever' anonymous?
It is ironic that “number whatever,” the Mustang Daily guest columnist, wishes to remain anonymous (“The story of a number reduced to zero”). Perhaps I missed the point of his/her guest commentary, but I thought s/he was bemoaning his/her apparent expendability within the CSU system.
The story of a number reduced to zero
Editor’s note: The following guest commentary was written by a former part-time faculty member at Cal Poly who wishes to remain anonymous. I don’t have a name but a number. I am 34. Or is it 41? Or is it 32? I really don’t know, and it really doesn’t matter.
Don't take hand-me-down politics
There is a profound moment in The Bible when Pontius Pilate asks Jesus, “What is truth?” (John 18:38). Today more than ever, this question resonates in American society, and one source of confusion in America is today’s political rhetoric. Pilate led a life of politics and he was left bewildered.