Opinion

December 3, 2009

Gift Guide: for her

By Nadia Ismail

The holiday season is truly the most wonderful time of the year. While it can be said that the holidays are a time of hospitality and warmth, gifts are also an inevitable staple of the season. While there are a myriad of...

November 30, 2009

Weekend Wrap-Up

By The Weatherhuman

I used to wonder if we all go home and have basically the same Thanksgiving. But then, did your non-Scottish uncle show up in a kilt? Were all the pictures taken horizontally? Did your other uncle ask you how school is a...

November 30, 2009

Frustrated Freshman Decries Mistreatment of Dorm Bathrooms

By Jonathan Ly

We're beyond being "big kids" now; that was in high school. We're adults now. It doesn't make a difference if somebody is going to party on Del Playa Drive, stay at home having some drinks, take a lady out for dinner or ...

November 30, 2009

Get Crafty for Cheap Gifts

By Igor Hiller

This Thanksgiving was a little different. My family, which emigrated from the Soviet Union, doesn’t usually celebrate Thanksgiving because, apparently, Squanto never helped any Commies. This year, however, my mom d...

November 25, 2009

Evangelical Ideas About Evolution Ignore Established Scientific Facts

By Michael Novak

On Thursday, Nov. 19 the scientific community celebrated the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's ground-shaking work, On the Origin of Species. Unfortunately, not everybody was excited about this eve...

November 25, 2009

Fill Thanksgiving Weekend With More Than Turkey

By Opinion Editor

Thanksgiving weekend is right around the corner -- and it's sure to be stuffed. Stuffed with turkey, stuffed with pie, stuffed with kamikaze shots with Grandma and, if you have any respect for your beloved sex columnist,...

November 24, 2009

World News Courtesy of TFLN

By The Weatherhuman

I can only slap myself on the forehead when I let Texts From Last Night scoop me on something I should know about and would know about if I, I don't know, bothered to read the news.

November 24, 2009

A Surge in Afghanistan Would Lead to Failure

By Jamie Silverstein

It is in this era of political change that we are reconnected with that gloomy past that we wished to box up and hide. We take to our hands and knees, flashlight in mouth, and trudge through the darkness of our nation's ...

November 24, 2009

Dithering on War Decision Signals Obama’s Weakness

By Steven Begakis

It is not possible to passively win a war. Winning requires an objective, a strategy to accomplish that objective and a determined execution of that strategy. President Obama has no clearly defined objective in Afghanist...

November 23, 2009

Chocolate Vampire Babies

By The Weatherhuman

Sure, you're mildly annoyed by the craze. You don't want to hear about vampires without their shirts on, but mostly you don't want to hear the hideous shrieks of that girl that can't be more that, what, eleven!?

November 23, 2009

UC Budget Reform Is in Students’ Hands

By Jennifer Ohara

Recently, there's been a lot of talk on campus about budget cuts and student fees, especially now that the 32 percent increase has been approved by the Regents board. However, let's back up a little bit and talk about th...

November 23, 2009

Starstruck Igor Seeks Advice From the Skies

By Igor Hiller

The ability to listen to the stars is both a blessing and a curse, but now that I got Ashton Kutcher to shut up, I am able to peer into the future. May these horoscopes guide you well. Aries: March 21 – April 19 Yo...

November 20, 2009

Both Sides Pray for Peace

By Jordan Falk

I must admit that when I sat down to talk to Nayar Maraji, I expected to get a torrential downpour of criticisms about Israeli policy toward Palestinians. "I just want peace," she told me while casually playing with an e...

November 20, 2009

Alumnus Alarmed by News of ESS Closure

By Mats Olson

As a graduate of the Sports Management program, I was shocked and saddened when informed of the impending closure of the Exercise & Sport Studies Dept. The skills I learned from ESS classes and the opportunities provided...

November 20, 2009

UC Priorities Should Place Students First

By Jeremy Zeller

According to the University of California Web site, the 10 schools in the system are supposed to do three things, and their order matters. First: “We teach.â€

November 19, 2009

Holly Jolly November

By The Weatherhuman

It's only November by my watch, yet it's Christmas everywhere I go. I was walking around campus today and some frat or something had a guy dressed up as Santa Claus to, I don't know, get girls to sit on his lap?