Opinion

January 13, 2004

Arnold’s Speech Points California in the Right Direction

By Matt McComb

I'm writing this letter in response to Ms. Baldwin's "The State of the State" letter, which appeared in last Friday's opinion section. Ms. Baldwin is apparently unhappy with our governor's running of the state, accusing ...

January 12, 2004

Come On Down

By system

It's time to see if anyone is paying attention.

January 12, 2004

All’s Not Lost With Your Stolen CDs

By Mark Signa

You go out to party on a Friday night and after a few drinks - soda, of course - you come home to find that someone has gone through the apartment and taken your collection of Doors, Led Zeppelin and Bette Midler records...

January 12, 2004

Blue Traffic Lights: Globalization Gives Folks What They Want

By Joey Tartakovsky

The fact that there are few places left on earth to which one can travel and encounter unfamiliarity with at least some aspect of life in this globe-spanning Goliath has been used to argue that America finds itself in po...

January 12, 2004

Forget Mad Cow; Sick Fish Are a Greater Health Hazard

By Laura Baker

If, after the recent mad cow scare, you thought eating fish was a safer dinner option, think again. While the health effects associated with mad cow disease are severe, the scope of the problems remains small.

January 12, 2004

Dissatisfaction the Only Thing Growing on Crowded Campus

By Julian Weissglass

Over Winter Break, I drove onto campus and walked around. I was struck by the changes I have seen since I came here in 1967. The campus has become much more crowded and much less pleasing over the past 36 years.

January 9, 2004

Speaking My Language

By The Weatherhuman

Made it through the first week. It's nice to be back in school. In case you didn't notice, the 'human didn't have much to say on the academic front last quarter. Yeah. Didn't do too well.

January 9, 2004

The State of the State

By Tiye Baldwin

A well-delivered speech can give you a gut feeling. Words are emotionally coded. They carry inferences, demands and promises. Coming from the mouth of a masterful politician and/or actor, well-choreographed word combinat...

January 9, 2004

Government Clowns Scare America

By Loren Williams

With the United States on Code Orange, now is a great time to consider the role that fear plays in public policy. You could argue that it doesn't. There are, after all, no laws against spiders, ninjas or clowns.

January 8, 2004

The Artful Dodger: An Early Start for Failure

By Drew Atkins

They say the best way to guarantee you won't do something is to make it a New Year's resolution. Look at me for living proof of this adage. We're only a few days into the year and already I'm an utter failure.

January 8, 2004

Scouring Dregs of Media for Guilty Pleasures

By Katherine Drabiak

It's considered the detritus of the media, an investment in waste management. The presence of reality television, low-scale comedy and fashion periodicals induce an automatic gag reflex with a covert sense of intrigue fo...

January 7, 2004

Mad, You Say?

By system

Good to see that DNA testing has determined that one crazy cow was from Canada. I knew no American would carry that irrational disease.

January 7, 2004

This Ain’t Sea World, Kids

By Kate Rice

The storm season is upon us, the new students are settled in and the parties are plentiful. The mundane mid-year slump is hitting, so hookups at this time of year are particularly shameless, and just about anyone can get...

January 7, 2004

Inquiring ‘Humans Want to Know

By The Weatherhuman

You didn't think the weatherhuman was going to miss Britney's wedding day did you? No sir, I was there. I rode in on the same cold wind that will soon blow her completely out of the music business and onto the pages of P...

January 7, 2004

I.V. Police Have Priorites, Even for Jell-O

By Mark Signa

I sometimes see a fight at one party but the police are too busy giving someone an MIP (Minor in Possession of Alcohol citation) down the street to notice. Do the police have a priority system on how they deal with publi...

January 5, 2004