Henry Sarria

January 15, 2004

Cellular Hell on the Road and on a Dinner Date

By Henry Sarria

I went out on a date downtown with a girl I met through a friend. We met up at Longboards Grill for dinner and all was going great until her cell phone started ringing every couple of minutes. The first couple of calls I...

November 24, 2003

Noseless Pop Star’s Arrest Raises Some Eyebrows

By Henry Sarria

Under our justice system we are all innocent until proven guilty. With this said, I, along with many others, can't break myself from believing that the allegations of child molestation against Michael Jackson are true.

November 3, 2003

Your Friendly PATRIOT Act

By Henry Sarria

Sure, Big Brother is watching with the KH-11, KH-12, Lacrosse, Onyx and Vega satellites. Big Brother can monitor phone and e-mail communications. Search warrants are easier to obtain.

October 24, 2003

Paper, Plastic, or Protest?

By Henry Sarria

The recent supermarket workers' strike has gotten me thinking of back when I used to be a union carpenter's apprentice for AFL-CIO Local 727 in Miami, Fla. It has also gotten me thinking as to why these workers are strik...

October 14, 2003

Cleaning Slung Mud

By Henry Sarria

A week before California's historic gubernatorial recall election, the groping allegations against candidate Schwarzenegger began to surface. In the world of dirty politics this was no surprise.

October 7, 2003

Recall Tells Politicians Exactly Where to Stick It

By Henry Sarria

It comes as no surprise. And as the deadline of Oct. 7, 2003 approaches, I truly hope that soon-to-be former Governor Gray Davis isn't surprised as well.

September 29, 2003

Everything a Student Could Ask for and More

By Henry Sarria

As the guy referred to as the "longtime Isla Vista resident," I feel the need to write the obligatory "Welcome to I.V. piece for you, the incoming UCSB freshman class of 2003-04.

May 12, 2003

Peace on the Horizon?

By Henry Sarria

The "Roadmap to Peace" has been presented to the Israelis and the Palestinians. This noble plan for something so elusive hinges on many factors, but there is one factor most prevalent in the big picture that will make or...

April 30, 2003

Defending the Foot Patrol

By Henry Sarria

Grand juries are a funny thing. On the one hand, you have a group of people gathered together to make a ruling to better some aspect of society based on the findings in their published report.

April 14, 2003

The Silence to the South

By Henry Sarria

In an attempt to silence the voices of dissent, Fidel Castro has ordered the arrest of at least 75 individuals for merely speaking their minds. The world's back is turned so it is time to round up anybody who dares to qu...

April 8, 2003

Saddam Should Kiss His Tyrannical Butt Goodbye

By Henry Sarria

Insane Hussein is hiding out. The losing regime is relying on young Iraqis to sacrifice themselves as well as innocent civilians in order to stay in power. This regime is coming to a rapid close.

February 27, 2003

Make Like a Tree and Leave

By Henry Sarria

With everything going on in the world today it is so easy to overlook the things going on in our very own backyard at times. Sure, international politics affects us all on a big scale. But it is the events occurring dire...

February 21, 2003

Center of the Middle

By Henry Sarria

Last week's developments will make or break the case against Saddam Hussein's regime. In a sense, the Security Council has given the Hussein regime enough rope to either hang itself with or rein in all programs involving...

February 10, 2003

Frog Legs Sauteed in Oil

By Henry Sarria

The biggest outcry against U.S. military action on Iraq comes from France. Given the current situation with Iraq, the French government has zero room to talk, as it would show its true intentions, past and present. But t...

February 4, 2003

For the Love of Outer Space

By Henry Sarria

But knowledge of the safety aspects never eliminates the shock that affects all aspects of our society and the rest of the international community when such a disaster occurs.

January 24, 2003

A Mad Man’s Choice

By Henry Sarria

It is as inevitable as tomorrow. A military strike on Iraq is looming like the dark cloud that war truly is, and it can happen at any given moment. So what then?