Is it that college tuition is too costly? Is there any way to cut the cost of college tuition? Why do colleges need so much money from students? What separates the learning you receive in a community college from the learning you receive in a university? These are some of the questions we ask ourselves when it comes to paying for school a college. We try to figure out our economical status and make a budget to compensate the cost of our learning. Many believe that a better learning experience comes from a more expensive school. Is that always true? Does a less expensive school suggest you are not as smart as a person from a more costly college? I have sat here numerous times and asked myself these questions.

The New York State senate dealt a huge blow to marriage equality on Dec 2, 2009 when it voted down a gay marriage bill which had already been passed in the Assembly.

Marriage equality was defeated 38-24. The majority vote was bi-partisan with all thirty Republicans and eight Democrats voting no. The outlook was dubious leading up to the vote. “There is never a good time for civil rights,” said Senator Tom Duane (D – Manhattan), the sponsor of the bill and an openly gay man, “But the paradox is it’s always a good time to be on the right side of History.”

Mike Bloomberg should have never been elected to a third term. In fact, he never should have been able to run.

Though the mayor’s never been fond of democracy – just look at the Republican National Convention protests where thousands of demonstrators were rounded up and held illegally – the term limit debacle takes the cake.

Yes, term limits were initially hoisted upon New Yorkers by another city billionaire, Ron Lauder in 1993; but the voters did uphold the limits in a second city-wide referendum.