Today, another internet privacy bill was passed by the House 248-168. This one is called CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) and it essentially makes it easier for the government and corporation to share "cyber threat data". The whole world experienced the majority of people’s outrage when they tried to pass SOPA and PIPA and now even Obama has threatened to veto CISPA according to The Washington Post. The main purpose of the bill was to help pass this data easier and avoid more regulations creating a stronger defense by allowing the data to flow easier. All that could be useful, but at the cost of people’s civil liberties, it becomes unacceptable. For example, the government and AT&T (who was one of the companies in support of CISPA) should not be able to look at and store all the information from each and every person’s internet (whether it is view history or personal information etc.). All US citizens have civil rights that protect them from situations like this but because they are searching through “cyber threat data” they may think it is necessary and does not violate any such rights. I firmly do not believe that is the case and that the governments’ partnership with private corporations is a sure sign that the people’s best interest are not at heart. 

Just another government FAIL!

This commentary clearly outlines a problem that a particular community college is facing and there is adequate reason as to why it speculates about this becoming a national issue. The problem which the college faces is federal budget cuts requiring them to not offer as many classes as they could and as a result students can not go get in to classes they need. This generation is already facing difficulty by making the average time to graduate 5 or more years, just imagine if this were to add to that. Community colleges play a vital role in our nation by being a stepping stone to four year institutions and helping students continue their education and graduate. The solution is simple, allocate more political and government funds to community colleges allowing them to offer more classes or open new locations. By doing this we can ensure opportunity of education to any people that desire to do so and not at higher costs as the Santa Monica College was forced to do.  For example, Austin Community College is a perfect model of how community colleges should function as cheap affordable quality education convenient for everyone.