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Want free money? USAC is literally giving it away

by Stephen Crisafulli 03.09.2010

The Bruin Standard shows you how to take back your student fees with help from your friendly neighborhood student government
In light of the recent California budget crisis and the fee increases for the UC system, The Bruin Standard thought it would be prudent to look into how our student money is being used. If you [...]

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A letter from the editor

by Stephen Crisafulli 11.04.2009

Recently, the communists have been out in force on campus dedicating a lot of time and vocal chords excoriating the failure of capitalism and how communism is the eventual answer. Capitalism, however, has overwhelmingly been a force for raising the standard of living across all levels of socioeconomic status.
The recent financial crisis has less to [...]

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BLOG: Capital gains: the easy dial

by Stephen Crisafulli 05.27.2009

President Obama recently said he wished that he could just turn a dial or push a button to solve things, and instead he is stuck working endlessly to try and solve the problems he confronts.

From my studies in macroeconomics, it seems that there is one magic dial that our president can turn, but apparently he [...]

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Roosevelt made the Great Depression great

by Stephen Crisafulli 05.04.2009

Imagine you’re a factory owner during the Great Depression. You’re paying your workers 20 dollars per hour, but there’s a mob outside that says they’re willing to work for five dollars an hour. So you can quadruple the amount of people you hire for the same cost.
Except that it’s illegal to pay people below minimum [...]

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A letter from the editor

by Stephen Crisafulli 03.02.2009

Bipartisanship—it’s overrated.
There is a cult of thought that has people believing that we all must get along and agree before we can act. As the Democrats in Congress have recently shown, they’re not afraid to be partisan and lock Republicans out of making changes to the stimulus bill. Good for them.
On the other side of [...]

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Editor’s corner

by Stephen Crisafulli 11.03.2008

Hello, November 2008. It’s an election year, and that means we again have the opportunity to shape the course of this nation.

We must be very careful about the decisions we make, and who we choose to elect. Here’s food for thought: the difference between a “politician” and a “statesman.”
A man named Webster once defined politician [...]

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How hybrids harm the environment

by Stephen Crisafulli 06.02.2008

It always feels good to know that we’re helping to save the environment by buying energy-efficient and clean products. That is why we should not buy hybrid cars.
Hybrids obviously use electricity in place of large amounts of polluting fossil fuels, but to judge the car by its fuel usage alone leaves out the cost in [...]

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Stephen Crisafulli

Want free money? USAC is literally giving it away

A letter from the editor

BLOG: Capital gains: the easy dial

Roosevelt made the Great Depression great

A letter from the editor

Editor’s corner

How hybrids harm the environment

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