Evan Siegel

UCI Students Need to Rekindle Their School Spirit

Before even stepping into the exciting first days of my life as a college freshman, I recall several UCI alumni warning me of the...

Politicians Using Humor is No Joke

If you listen to political analysts discuss the 2016 presidential campaign, you’ll often hear that it broke trends in several unprecedented and upsetting...

The Revolution Will Not Be Advertised

By Evan Siegel Last week, Pepsi put up a brand-new ad featuring Kendall Jenner. The ad featured the multimillionaire glamorously sauntering away from a photoshoot,...

The Failures Of Media: How Journalists Elected Trump

Since the moment the first ballot was cast last Tuesday, analysts from all over the country have exhaustively poured over all available data, trying...

What Happened to this Country? Contaminated Water Is Not Something Any American Should Face

When I was in fourth grade, my teacher divided my classmates and myself into groups and gave each of our groups an apple. She...

Whatever Happened to the Separations of Church and State?

Religion is a pervasive aspect of American culture. It’s in our history; the first colonists were Separatists, Utah was founded by Mormons, etc. It’s in...

Daraprim Price Hike: Why The United States Needs Better Healthcare

Last week, Americans awoke to news that Turing Pharmaceuticals, a recently founded medical company, had purchased the rights to the drug Daraprim and would...

The Fallibility of Journalism

The news is important. That’s a pretty blatantly obvious thing to say, but when you really consider it, it’s more than true. We rely...

Banning Selfie Sticks: A Mask for Anti-Selfie Sentiment

Wimbledon, one of the four major tennis Grand Slams, is the newest name on a steadily-growing list of locations and organizations banning the use...

The Hunger Game: #FoodBankNYChallenge – Siegel

The Food Bank for New York City, an organization that provides meals to less fortunate families in New York City and nearby areas, recently...

Oklahoma: APUSH – American or American’t

Oklahoma’s academics have been preparing a funeral pyre for APUSH (Advanced Placement US History), a class that has been unceremoniously banned by a legislative...

Media Baiting: Socio/Political

Brian Williams fabricated a story about being shot down in a helicopter in Iraq. It’s strange, but it’s the truth. One of NBC’s top news...

“American Sniper’s” Political Misconstruction

“American Sniper” was released in theaters across the nation recently. This movie follows the military escapades of Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL who has...

A Non-Voter Explains the Youth Voting Paradox

I didn’t vote. As somebody who likes to tout himself as a politically-minded person, it was surprising to myself, and to those I told, that...