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Students in close to 33 states will be protesting nation-wide cuts to public education funding this week through non-violent demonstrations and signature gathering. California’s students have been the hardest hit, with administrations having to suffer through close to $1 billion in cuts over the past two years. $1 billion! Classes have been cancelled, along with whole programs being dropped, setting back students years and causing thousands of dollars in unnecessary debt.

With the economy in a recession, lawmakers have had to make tough decisions about where to cut spending. However, I am certain there are several loopholes that can be closed first before education funding gets cut any more. There are so many bills that get tacked on to other important bills in order to get passed, and in that way superfluous pet projects are funded. Politicians do not want to cut money that directly affects them but have no problem cutting teachers and programs, and even closing schools. The only way the economy can turn around is if new ideas are funneled through the capitalist system. Those new idea-makers need to be nurtured in an academic environment, and if they are hindered by rising school costs and not allowed to continue with their degrees, we may continue to stay in the rut that we are in.

As if the world wasn’t small enough, now you can follow calls to the Orlando police department through your Twitter account, right down to the zip code. Chad Miller explains his creation on his website, saying that it is only for OPD and not the sheriff’s office because OCSO data is delayed by 7 days.

It is interesting to see what calls are made and where they are placed… >>>Read Full Article>>>

Over the last decade, the music industry has seen some major changes. As a result of programs like iTunes and Napster, obtaining songs heard on the radio can be easily be obtained. With this, the album has seen a drop in sales while single songs are bought increasingly more. In changing with this idea, bands have to rely on other aspects of their talents to make up for the money… >>>Read Full Article>>>

Well ladies, gentlemen, and sports fans it’s that time of year again, tournament time for college basketball. As a college basketball fan this is one of my favorite parts of the year, and a little off topic but it happens to be even better this year because I’m a Syracuse fan and most of you sports fans would know they happened to take the number 1 spot this week, but… >>>Read Full Article>>>

Google’s new “Fiber for Communities” program looks to install faster internet connections in cities around the U.S. Google plans to do this in 100 cities that have yet to be announced. The faster connection would give users a data transfer speed of over one gigabit per second, much more than current internet users speed. While the cities that this quick transfer rate have yet to be announced, cities are letting… >>>Read Full Article>>>

Do I sound like a broken record yet? Another tragic natural disaster that not only effected the people of Chile but countless people around the world, but I’m going to let you sit and swish this one around in your mouth a bit all by yourself. I don’t need to tell you how to think or feel, I’m sure you’ve gathered some sentiment of your to these terrible situations… >>>Read Full Article>>>