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Education: Tomorrow, today

Francisco Rendon is a Spartan Daily senior staff writer.

After all, who wouldn’t miss the 12 hour sessions trying to scrape together projects, falling asleep during PowerPoint presentations and perpetual fee increases.

I’m getting a little verklempt. Still, being at what I pray will be the end of my bachelor’s of science degree (that’s right, journalism is science!) this seems like a great opportunity to reflect on the system we navigate to get to this point.

'Dopesmoker' is a bad trip

Yesterday, "Dopesmoker" was reissued as a remastered version with a live 1994 version of "Holy Mountain," included as a bonus track.

The album is characteristic of stoner metal— full of slow, sludgy guitar riffs, heavy bass, blues influences and metaphysical or abstract lyrics.

News presentation will have to adapt to attract readers

Francisco Rendon is a Spartan Daily senior staff writer.

I’ve heard it said recently that journalism is dead, or at least in the last stage of its vanishing existence. Maybe this has some basis. A 2010 Gallup poll showed a record number of participants had little-to-no trust in the media to report the news…

Tupac is dead, it's time to move on

Francisco Rendon is a Spartan Daily senior staff writer.

Tupac Shakur died on Sept. 13, 1996 in a hospital from gunshot wounds previously sustained on the Las Vegas strip. He was pronounced dead at the hospital, there was a coroner’s report, his body was cremated and the ashes were spread around Los Angeles. Some…

Education needs to make advancements for the future

Francisco Rendon is the Spartan Daily senior staff writer.

It should not come as a surprise that after slogging through years of study and coursework, it seems that more and more of us students are gazing up at our hard earned degrees and wondering what it all means. After all, student tuition fees have…