Opinion

How would you rate Obama’s first term in office? A, B, C, Pass, No Pass? Whatever you rate it, the Democrats are in...

Over the past few years, Americans have gotten used to the phrase “for the first time in history.” As in, for the first...

Once more we are faced with the age-old moral question: do the ends justify the means? Is it acceptable to steal under certain circumstances?

On Christmas Day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, an alleged Al Queda operative, attempted to attack a commercial flight by igniting an explosive powder that was hidden in his underwear. The attack was successfully thwarted, but the “Underwear Bomber” has cast a new shadow of doubt on security at airports, mass transit systems and in our country in general. It is remarkable how one man was able to cause our nation to question so much.

Islam has been placed in the limelight for the past decade; almost every news broadcast mentions Islam or Muslims in one way or another. “Experts” have emerged and taken it upon themselves to educate, or attempt to educate, us on this apparently complex and foreign religion.

“College is making me the man that I always dreamed of becoming.”

As personal computers, mobile phones and personal music players approach ubiquity, we are about to witness the next technological revolution with the emergence of the eBook.

It is evident that many students view the UCI Regents and Administration as the source of the current problems. The situation, however, is much more complex.

It has now been almost a full year since President Obama took office. In the historic 2008 general election, Americans sent Obama to the Oval Office and provided him with commanding majorities in both houses of Congress to allow him to fulfill his promises. Health care reform, a central part of his presidential campaign, soon became the core goal of his first-year domestic agenda.

For whatever reason, we humans have an odd habit of investing certain arbitrary dates with great significance: birthdays, anniversaries and, of course, New Year’s Day. This is because the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one offers the sense, however delusional, of renewal and of a fresh start. So in honor of 2010, the New University’s editorial staff picks 26 stories to watch for during the new year.

Dear Students: This has been an intense week for our university. Protests against fee hikes have occurred on our campus and throughout the system. The reasons for the protests are clear: the promise of an affordable UC education for all is under siege, victim of a state and nation reeling in the midst of a historic recession.

“Might hurt just a little bit — just a little bit — but it’s going to help a lot!” That is a line from a song that Sid the Science Kid and his computer-generated pals sang on a recent episode of Sid’s eponymous public television children’s show. In every episode, Sid has a “Super-duper-ooper-schmooper” big idea. Last week, on a show entitled “Getting a Shot: You Can Do It,” Sid’s big idea was that getting vaccinated is a good idea.