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The DREAM Act must be revived

January 19, 2011 La Vista 0

If Americans want to reform an already broken immigration system, they must not give up on the DREAM Act, a comprehensive immigration policy that would give nearly 625,000 undocumented immigrants their United States citizenship. […]

Drug-sniffing dogs invade the privacy of students

January 14, 2011 La Vista 0

The Manhattan Beach Unified School District finalized a new drug dog search policy for Mira Costa and Manhattan Beach Middle School in its Dec. 8 meeting that breaks through another level of student privacy and needlessly creates tension between the student body and administrators. […]

CAKE develops a classic, familiar sound

January 14, 2011 La Vista 1

“Showroom of Compassion” is a depature from CAKE’s typical sound of McCrea’s harshly monotonous half-speaking voice and the band’s distorted guitar riffs. It adds elements such as vocal tonality, new instruments and more comcal themes to create an album that, while repetitive at points, is a unique and interesting addition to the CAKE discography. […]

The negative impact of Powderpuff hurts Mira Costa

January 14, 2011 La Vista 0

When Mira Costa’s former principal Julie Ruisinger decided last year to cancel the Powderpuff game for the current 2010-11 school year, many students were disappointed that they would not be able to play in the annual dance team fundraiser. However, Ruisinger made the right decision in choosing to end Powderpuff football at Mira Costa. […]

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