As I See It: Minorities in Agriculture

Shakara Tyler is a Penn State University senior majoring in Agricultural Sciences with two minors in Agricultural Communications and Law and Liberal Arts. During the summer of 2010 she was a research scholar at Michigan State University in the Summer Research Opportunities Program.

She writes about the plight of minorities in agriculture.

 

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Teen Talk – Non-politician, Bob Robinson, Would Serve the State Best

Bob Robinson, one person who doesn’t like the look of our State. Just like numerous people that live here right? Wrong. When my dad was sick and tired of seeing the state our State was in, he stepped forward to do something. He is working hard to become a State Representative to help get this state out of the hole it’s in.

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As I See It – Reflections: Breaking the Cycle of Incarceration – 9-12

 I think this program (“Breaking the Cycle of Incarceration”:  A Prisoner and Youth Conversation”) is a really good idea.  I think that instead of doing it once in a while they should find the means to do it in high schools.  That’s where they need it most. 

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Excuse me, Are You Listening? – 9-8

Dear Readers,

 
I want you to read this article by Dante Lee who is an award-winning entrepreneur and best-selling author. He is in Ohio, we are in Michigan. The same issues impact all of us. It is always amazing to me how we can talk about what is going on all over the nation but can’t talk about what is going on in our own city.  

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Teen Talk : Violence

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By Lynda Nguyen
 
All over the world teens are choosing to act irresponsibly.  They tend to abuse and put others down.  Why is that?  Some do it for their own personal enjoyment.  Others do it so they would fit in and because that’s what all their friends are doing.  Peer pressure can be hard to ignore, but is this what it has really come down to?

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As I See It: A Doctor’s Word: Uneasy About the Real Beneficiaries of Obama’s Health Care – 9-7

 

By Erin Marcus, M.D.
New America Media
 
I don’t know about you, but as I watched coverage of President Obama signing the health care bill last month, it was hard not to notice the constant ads for power wheelchairs. Emblazoned across the ads was a flashing notice reminding viewers: Medicare may cover this!

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As I See It – A Room in the Writer’s Mind- 9-6

By Quassan Castro

 
Some people think that in an effort to write a masterpiece, they need to be far away and have some type of spacey venue to relax. Well, the space should start in the mind first. Find a space in the mind and begin to create the essentials needed for a great story-words, images, characters, plot. All begins in the mind. Once the story starts to unfold in the mind, find a place.

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As I See It – Follow the Money Citizens can track money contributed to political campaigns – 9-5

By Bob Robinson

During the 2008 election cycle, more than $34 million was spent lobbying Michigan legislators and supporting political candidates. That’s more special interest money than in the history of Michigan elections.

Also:  See Who’s Contributing to a Candidate’s Campaign 

 

 

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Excuse me, are you listening? 9-5

Getting your financial life together is going to be very important for your future. Life insurance is important because you never know when tragedy is going to strike. 

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Do you have an opinion? Your letters 9-5

 After a theft, Meijer manager, Kevin D’Hondt, at Meijer located at the S. Pennsylvania store comes to the rescue.

 

March 28, 2010 – April 10, 2010 edition

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