It’s important to first state that the following opinion in no way reflects the way we feel about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community. At the end of every rainbow, there is a pot of gold … and a leprechaun. So wouldn’t you expect Saint Patrick’s Day to[Read More…]

If you are watching porn, you’re just a random individual behind a computer screen. If you star in a skin flick, you’re obviously an uneducated harlot, with no family or ties to the community. At least, that’s what the media might say. So what happens to students at prestigious universities,[Read More…]

After weeks of heated turmoil in Crimea, it appears that the Crimean people agree with Vladmir Putin. Last night, with an 83 percent voter turn out, 96.7 percent of the Crimean parliament voted in favor of becoming a part of Russia. We think that if the voting results truly stem[Read More…]

The California Coastal Commission meeting at Long Beach City Hall had some company waiting for them outside last Tuesday: a group of anti-fracking demonstrators wearing hazmat suits, holding boogie boards and chanting slogans like, “Keep the oil in the soil.” Fracking, a slang term for hydraulic fracturing, is a system[Read More…]

If you build it, they will come. Or in this case, if you put a cross up at the site of the 9/11 terrorist attack, atheists will come to take it down. The titles “Miracle Cross,” “World Trade Center Cross” and “Ground Zero Cross” all refer to beams of steel[Read More…]

Facebook is currently being scrutinized for its inaction with regards to a barrage of “Neknominate” posts, videos that feature individuals completing outlandish drinking challenges and then nominating their friends to one-up their performances. Headlines across the media have been reporting, since February, that at least five men under the age[Read More…]

We have all heard the tales of our grandparents, or our parents, or our neighbors, etc. that go something like this: “When I was in school, I had to walk 20 miles in the rain or the snow just to get to class, you have it easy.” Well, it looks[Read More…]

In an attempt to “go green,” the city of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to limit the use of plastic water bottles on public property Tuesday. The initiative, which is awaiting approval by Mayor Edwin Lee, would take effect in October. The initiative also calls for the city[Read More…]

If racial diversity is the reason behind introducing Senate Constitutional Amendment 5, then the Cal State University system doesn’t need it. Authored by Sen. Ed Hernandez, SCA 5 would reverse Proposition 209, the California Civil Rights Initiative and would re-open the doors to allow universities to consider an applicant’s ethnicity[Read More…]

Trouble’s a ‘Bruin on campus at University of California, Los Angeles — or so the media would have you believe. Major campus events like basketball games don’t seem to be enough to distract the public eye from a barrage of headlines that claim the campus climate is riddled with racism.[Read More…]