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Paparazzi shouldn’t have the right to stalk

Paparazzi are a plague to privacy. In today’s world, they fuel cheesy tabloid culture by taking pictures of the famous in borderline aggressive...

Timely, timeless and tailored: The fashion language of influencer weddings

Wedding bells and ringtones have rung over the past week as influencers have tied the knot in very public ways. From Paige Lorenze...

Korean enough to sell: K-pop’s commodified Korean identity

In Korean pop (K-pop), idols have become cultural Build-a-Bears: meet Korean beauty standards, sing English lyrics and perform a marketable version of Koreanness...

The UN is a bad joke with no punchline. 

In the midst of the Second World War, the Allied Powers created the United Nations (UN) — a global peacekeeping organization dedicated to...

Skinny is back, but whose fault is it?

Check the comments of any recent Ariana Grande post. Between discussions about her new music and the many fans complimenting her makeup, there’s...

Political spending shouldn’t be protected as free speech

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) made a few rulings in late June , from transgender athletes in sports to birthright...

Democrats need to listen to their own voters

“Vote Blue no Matter Who” has become one of the Democratic Party’s defining slogans, but recent primary elections suggest that Democratic voters want...

Redwoods are endangered — time to bring them to UCI

Coast redwoods, also known as Earth’s tallest tree, need to be planted in Aldrich Park. Yes, I am talking about the trees that...

Heidegger and the time we lose trying to save

When every hour of the day is forced to have a defined value, it can be a waste long before it ends. Martin...

The private draft of self: Derrida and the Notes app 

The Notes app has become a private room for feelings people may never say aloud. Apple even builds privacy into the app through...

The tragedy of treating your life like a draft

College has become a four-year exercise in saying later. Later, after graduation. Later, after the internship. Later, after the first stable job, the...

Political interference threatens UC research

During the week of July 13, each defendant agency that terminated over a thousand research grants at the University of California (UC) submitted...

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