Opinion
Ever bent down to slap two poodles and gotten so distracted that a starving Rottweiler was able to shove a massive metal enema up your rectum? It's happened to several elephants with big fat asses dow...
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Student government is a joke. Not because of its irresponsible actions, though I'm sure somebody can point out examples, but rather because of Associated Students' lack of attempts to inform the stude...
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I'd like to clear up an issue that seems to be causing a great deal of confusion. I use the word "confusion" and not "obfuscation" because I want to give the conservative and libertarian writers that ...
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There are several reasons why students shouldn’t vote in this November’s election. People say the issues don’t affect us, and that even if we try we won’t make a difference. Cl...
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It isn’t unusual to hear self-absorbed, politically aware types bemoan the ignorance and apathy of their fellow citizens. Yet, the most prominent feature of Adam Wenger’s column (“Am...
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Growing up in Northern California had its advantages. While my childhood friends and I missed out on SoCal's golden beaches and stellar surfing, we realized nothing on the West Coast could compete wit...
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I'm obsessed with area codes. I can't help it. It's my belief that your area code can tell you a lot about what kind of person you really are.
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Excelsior! Or some nerdy phrase like that. A computer programmer in Australia has apparently proved that Neil Armstrong – known primarily for his grammatical correctness – actually said, &...
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Associated Students and several other campus organizations have apparently adopted the Thomas Tussler idiom, "A fool and his money are soon parted" - and apparently we are the fools.
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At the turn of the century, the labor movement took some harsh hits. Over one million jobs were lost in the United States to the North American Free Trade Agreement that granted free trade with Mexico...
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It was a balmy morning in Isla Vista - 2 a.m. to be exact - and after a few successful rounds of flip cup and beer pong, I had a man on my arm and was on a hormone-driven mission home.
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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
