Today's college classes are a looking glass into the future.
It is no myth that we are a products of our education, and, similarly, that our education is shaped by the demands of our social and economic atmosphere. So, apparently, those who venture to peer ...
Do spiraling youth smoking rates signify lost battles in the war on tobacco or a stubborn defiance by twentysomethings who should know better?
...As anti-tobacco activists begrudgedly admit, despite Herculean efforts to reduce smoking rates, particularly among the nations youth, pop-culture's growing re-acceptance of the habit as witnessed through the movies, music videos, and the lifestyle choices of ...
The World Wide Web is making English 101 a little easier.
Thanks to the Internet, getting through college these days is easier than it's ever been. It's plausible now for college students to go through the university system without ever having to write an essay. All ...
All Your Sudents Needs on the Web
Over the past few years, the much-ballyhooed Internet has virtually exploded with educational and informational resources for the enterprising college student. This issue of the Weekly was published in print only and has not been ...
Activism takes different faces, but remains an important part of the college experience.
After years of classes and pumping up your high school credentials with volunteer work and club involvement, you are finally in college. Here you are, free from parents and do-gooder expectations. Yet more and more, ...
Staying out of debt may be the smartest thing you can do in college.
The other day I was standing in line at the post office and I heard a small, tinny voice behind me, "Mom, mom, they sent me a credit card! Can you believe it? I'm gonna ...
Mildly wild times reported on local campuses.
College is a time for growth, introspection and intense academia. It is also a time for sex...and lots of it. The lucky Gen-Xers have inherited their parents' '60s-engendered libidos and the time of dating has ...
Issues / 1997 / Aug 21
Date rape is really a crime and we really need to give our kids the tools they need to combat it.
"Date rape" is one of the most misunderstood crimes in this country. In fact, by legal definition there is no such crime. The term "date rape" was created to bring attention to rape which involves ...
Untold Story
Many expressed surprise at the news earlier this week that two men (Jason Bryan Saboleski, 20, 210 Via Del Pinar Monterey; and Jonathon Earl Maxon, 20, Veteran's Park Ranger Station, Monterey) allegedly attacked a man ...
Aircraft museum vies to fly in South Moco.
The land conservation vs. economic development dogfight continues in south Monterey County as a proposed aircraft museum and adjacent tourist complex struggle to get off the ground. This issue of the Weekly was published in ...
When it comes to attracting new businesses, can Seaside afford to be choosy?
Monterey has its Burger King controversy; Seaside has Miracle Auto Painting and Body Repair. Since May, Miracle Auto Painting's efforts to set up shop in a long-vacant building in the Seaside Auto Center have met ...
