Opinion
In a democracy, the individual must gain rights through solidarity and steadfastness. In every movement, there are setbacks and obstacles. On Wednesday night, Los Angeles got its stash stolen.
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Third part in a series focusing on women’s issues: The wage gap. Women supposedly make 72 cents per dollar that a man makes. The problem with this statistic, supposedly, is that it doesn’t...
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In an attempt to represent a voice in today's young adult constituency, I would like to express my thoughts on the future of Wikiasari and, furthermore, on the innovation of Internet search engines.
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January 22, 2007, marks the 34th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and on behalf of VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood, I would like to draw the community's attention to the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision...
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Today's lecture on women's issues, brought to you via the Weathermate's nagging, concerns equal slang for equal work
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"Shaaaaackerrr! Shacker, shacker, shacker, SHACKER!" Aside from launching water balloons - at willing participants, of course, thank you for that suggestion/threat I.V. Foot Patrol - the best part abo...
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After the first week of the quarter has finally come to an end, some of you may already be sick of drinking the typical cheap alcoholic beverages that can be found all over Isla Vista.
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Without a football team our school spirit is crippled. Instead of raucous tailgates, we have Freebirds. Instead of a stadium seething with pride, we have a street -Del Playa Drive - seeping with grime...
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Everyone states that the media has a liberal bias, but I have yet to hear this bias on issues that matter to me - and I am sure to the rest of us. Several weeks before the November election, someone a...
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The Weathermate and I had a lively debate last night. The 'mate contended that men uncomfortable discussing menstruation and saying words such as "tampon" do great disservice to women;
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Higher Education in America has floated lazily down the river of complacency and emerged in a sea of mediocrity, where it is presently being pulled by a strong current of denial toward a steep waterfa...
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Now that we are all in college, I think it is time that the majority of you got an education. Not the education where you sleep through class, playing sudoku and doing crosswords while the professor d...
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury
“Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut
“The Giver” by Lois Lowry
“The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky
“Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
“Wicked” by Gregory Maguire
“The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath
"The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger
“1984” by George Orwell
“Lord of the Flies” by William Golding
