He lives in a motor home, dropped out of high school and has not held a real job in four years. Candidate for welfare? No - Eric Bidwell is the youngest candidate running for mayor of San Diego at age 25. Bidwell is hoping you will vote for him and "Vote Revolution" in the June 3 primary election.
Professor Sara-Ellen Amster, Ph.D., is instructor and lead faculty member for the journalism program at National University. She has worked as a daily newspaper reporter in four states, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize honoring her series called, "Inside Delaware State Hospital.
According to a James Irvine Foundation survey conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates, one-third of California's current high school students will drop out. An additional third of students will receive their diplomas unprepared for college or the workplace.
City Attorney Michael Aguirre lambasted The Union-Tribune during a recent address to National University journalism students, urging them not to purchase the "mediocre" publication that he said had brought journalistic integrity to an all-time low. His visit Feb.
The San Diego offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation sit prominently on Aero Drive, but few people know the agency is located on the busy road. With the building's series of metal detectors, pass-codes and tinted windows, even fewer know what is going on inside.
You don't have to go to school, really; especially not college. However, last year over 41 million of us enrolled in post-secondary education, each of us with our own reasons for doing so. We chose to continue to go to class, continue to do homework, continue to listen to lectures and to be in debt.
The race for the White House is in full swing and there has been no shortage of controversy surrounding the candidates. In 2007, there were nine Democratic, 12 Republican, and 14 candidates from other political parties running for the post of President of the United States.
"F-you Steve," says San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders. Steve Francis is Sanders' opponent in the San Diego mayoral race. Sanders was responding to Francis' campaign tactics. Francis has admittedly put four million dollars of his own money into his campaign.