Karam Johal

Hashtag Spotlight

When I first heard about the tragic UC Santa Barbara shooting spree, I was immediately relieved that my cousin, a UCSB sophomore, had chosen...

Mandatory General Education Of Diversity

UCLA is trying to push for a requirement for students to take a cultural/religious diversity class. Should UCI have such a requirement? And are...

Checking Science GEs Off The List

I am not a science person. In fact, I am not a science-technology-engineering-mathematics (“STEM”) person. This fact resulted in my parents’ mild disappointment, but...

Declining Dining

For a busy and broke college student, getting out to a sit-down restaurant every Saturday night isn’t exactly a priority. In fact, restaurants like...

Finding A Job To Date

I don’t know about you, but the top two problems I hear about among friends, coworkers and any other social groups of a typical...

Boon Of Plastic Bag Ban

How effective, really, are the “save the environment” campaigns that we hear everywhere from Ring Road to Facebook to the ads in movie theatres...

Admitting The Virtual Identity

By Karam Johal Staff Writer For most of us, this is that time of the year when, after logging onto Facebook, we don’t recognize several of...

A Prospect Of Peace

In a world where the names of teenagers like Harry Styles and Kendall Jenner are the most widely recognized, I for one am satisfied...

Overcoming Major Anxiety

Senior year comes before you know it. Suddenly everyone is turning 21 instead of 18, you feel old in your one last lower-division class...

Stick, Stones and Slurs

The ignored but steadfast undercurrent of racism in today’s generation has come to the surface too often, especially in recent weeks, here at UC...

UCI and the Not So ‘Secret’ Rape Culture

UCI Secrets: a blessing or a curse? This popular Facebook page has been the primary tool for procrastination for many a UCI student these...

What’s in a Name: The Case of Quvenzhané

This year’s Academy Awards were littered with big names, from George Clooney to Meryl Streep to even Adele. Nominees young and old took home...

All Kind’s of Valentine’s

The rumors of the origins of the infamous Valentine’s Day are murky and endless. Has there always been a flying diapered baby shooting spiked...

Past, Present, Progress: Overstating Equality

Many of us may feel like we’re living in the “future” when we remember that we are in the beginning of the year 2013....