Sign of the Times

Gun Control in the UK, Gun Crisis in the U.S.

October 15, 2015 by Vicky Munro

Vicky Munro questions why the U.S. has an absurd obsession with guns
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UCSB’s Free Speech Problem

October 1, 2015 by Jason Garshfield

Jason Garshfield raises the issue of UCSB's recently changed FIRE rating.
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Boko Haram: Why We Should Care About the Islamic State in Africa

June 25, 2015 by Nik Frey

Nik Frey analyzes the (lack of) response to Boko Haram in recent American media coverage
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Why Private Ballots Are Bullshit

May 7, 2015 by Peter Mounteer

Why keep the votes we support secret? Peter Mounteer has had enough.
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When the Independent Takes the Gold

April 30, 2015 by Leilani Leila Riahi

An independent candidate just won the position of external vice president of statewide affairs, over a candidate who had an “undefeated” party backing him up. I repeat. An INDEPENDENT, PROGRESSIVE...
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One Hundred Years of Silence: Remembering the Armenian Genocide

April 24, 2015 by Prof. Philip Lubin

“Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it,” wrote George Santayana some 10 years prior to the mass murder, ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Armenian and Greek Christi...
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Ready, Set, Vote

April 20, 2015 by Sophia Crisafulli

If there’s one thing young people love, it’s being didactically preached to about civic responsibility and the importance of voting. Stop any given 20 something you may pass on the street, inquire...
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Elections and the Ever-Growing Ego

April 20, 2015 by Leilani Leila Riahi

Your face is everywhere. Your voice rings throughout cramped lecture halls. You don’t even know how many people you’ve commodified yourself toward — how many hands you’ve shaken with or...
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