According to the Centers for Disease Control, suicide rates are on the rise. Among people between the ages of 10 and 24, it’s the third leading cause of death. In this special edition of Equal Time,...

Drug use and abuse is prevalent in college. This year, San Jose State University saw its first on-campus heroin overdose. This segment of Equal Time takes an in-depth look at the social pressures that...

Journalists covering recent racially related stories are faced with challenges of what they can say to be factually correct without inflaming or offending people. Why is it so difficult to hear the "N"...

More than half the faculty in the California State University system are lecturers – faculty with full or part-time temporary positions. As the number of tenured professors has fallen, universities...

San Jose has one of the highest rates of homelessness in the country and the highest rate of unsheltered homeless youth in the nation. We will be discussing the causes that contribute to the overall...

Police shootings have sparked unrest in many cities across the nation in recent months. As a result, some officers feel under the siege of public opinion. In this edition of Equal Time, correspondent Quinn...

Increasingly, students are seeking study-abroad opportunities, and some universities are even making international adventures a requirement. In this edition of Equal Time, two San Jose State students who...

Video games are popular in our culture, but that trend may be starting to change. Millennials are beginning to play board games instead of the electronic equivalents. This episode, reported by George Tanner,...

This episode of Equal Time examines whether organic eating is actually healthier, or whether all that matters is the nutritional value of food. A struggle people often cite when considering the organic...

Correspondent Brenda Norrie leads a discussion about the need to keep this Bay Area icon open. Google just donated $1million, and questions arise as to why this is important, especially in a time where...

The second amendment gives citizens the right to own a firearm. Correspondent Rebecca Lapena discusses the pros and cons of gun education. The term "gun education" implies that citizens should have the...

Whether children should be vaccinated is a topic of debate. This segment looks into a life of a new family taking their child through the process of immunization for the first time. Correspondent Dustin...