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Dear Editor, As a representative of the Office of the Dean of Students, I want to address a statement in last week’s New U...

NFL’s Supreme Court Smackdown

This Wednesday, the Supreme Court will decide whether antitrust laws apply to the National Football League. If the Court rules in the NFL’s...

Student Protests and Campus Police

A federal court ruled on the use of Tasers by California police.  The ruling came in response to a 2005 incident in which...

The Invisible Children Around Us

The recession has hit many people in the United States and has received much of the media’s attention. Students are financially strained by...

Rough Year Ahead for Democrats

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

Warts and All, Disney’s First Black Princess

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

Finding God’s Loopholes

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?

What’s That In Your Underwear?

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.

The Truth About Islam: Come and Learn

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.

Investing In Community Colleges

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

The EBook Revolution Cometh

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.

Taxes and Tuition

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.

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