Regardless of the ways used to identify likely voters, one thing remains the same: Senator Barack Obama maintains a significant lead over Senator John McCain, in the latest Gallup Poll out Oct. 22. The results show Obama with a 51% to 42% lead over McCain.
These two youtube videos cover the events of today, in which protestors clashed over the issue of Proposition 8 which would amend the state constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman in California. The first one is video footage of the protest made by Andrew Lidwell, and the second one is a slideshow of the protest made by pictures from Marian Mesia, Natalie Christine, and Shannon Elliott.
Elementary and junior high students are always required to do science projects. Students are awarded with ribbons and sometimes are sent to state fairs and conferences. But for most, this is where their experience with independent scientific research comes to an end.
Students at Skyline College are affected by the decline of gas prices, since most students commute everyday to school. According to an article from KTVU.com, the gas price average has declined to $2.92 per gallon. Last month's average was at $ 3.80. This can be very beneficial to students for many reasons.
"Why don't we have a teach-in to discuss what this, [the current economic crisis], is about?" said George Wright, Skyline College history professor at a teach-in on the current economic crises on Wed. Oct. 22, 2008. The teach-in, which attracted ~ 100 people to room 6-202, was in a lecture format headed by three Skyline College professors George Wright, a history professor, Masao Suzuki, an economics professor, and Nancy Kaplan-Biegel, Skyline's journalism instructor.
