The UC system should follow the example of other schools across the country and provide monetary incentives to students who graduate early, which would benefit both students and the state economy. 

While cutting communications major requirements is a step in the right direction in helping students graduate on time, the changes should have focused on adding more practical coursework.

Dear Editor,

There are strict regulations on what can be considered “organic.” However, there are very few on the word “natural.”  There is high fructose corn syrup (or “corn sugar,” as the new marketing term goes) in many products that claim to be “all natural.” What’s so bad about high fructose corn syrup? There is a lot of labeling that has started to advertise that it does not contain this chemical, but why? Well, it only shuts down our body’s ability to say when we are full.

Since March 2012, a New Jersey town began handing out $85 tickets to pedestrians who text while crossing the street in response to three deaths that occurred while walking and texting.