Opinion

School-Issued iPads: Distraction or Study Aid?

January 9, 2014 / By
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    The 2013-14 school year marked the start of Coachella Valley Unified School District’s 1:1 Mobile Learning iPad Initiative, which will eventually provide every student with an iPad and faculty members with an iPad and a MacBook Air laptop.

Commentary: Where’s the ENDA Celebration?

November 14, 2013 / By
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DANIEL ZINGALE/The California Endowment   Four months after the greatest Supreme Court victory for LGBT Americans in history, we won our greatest legislative victory in the United States Senate: passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would make it illegal to fire someone for no other reason than being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.

Confession of a Former Bully

October 10, 2013 / By
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  KARLA MARTINEZ/Coachella Uninc   Editor’s Note: October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and in California this week Governor Jerry Brown will decide whether to sign into law Assembly Bill 256 (Garcia), a bill that would crackdown on students who torment others online and after school hours.

Volunteer Work Fun and Rewarding for Student

September 23, 2013 / By
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  KARLA MARTINEZ/Coachella Uninc   COACHELLA — I never knew hanging out with my little brother could be so rewarding, but this has definitely been the case since I started volunteering at his after-school program at Peter Pendleton Elementary.

Commentary: There is More to Religion than Church

September 9, 2013 / By
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  JOHNNY FLORES JR/ Coachella Uninc   My introduction to religion began the day I was baptized.