Opinion

During the presidential campaigns, Iran's nuclear program was one of the most important issues raised. It is widely accepted that Iran's acquisition of a nuclear warhead would be doomsday, but the fear exhibited may be unwarranted. First off, Iran may not possess a nuclear weapons program, but even if it did, it would pose far less danger than it is claimed to be capable of.

Author Thomas Tusser said, "He who goeth a borrowing, goeth a sorrowing." Despite author Tusser's archaic 16th century lingo, he makes a very good point. Those who borrow often face difficulties in terms of paying off their debt, especially when the borrower happens to be in college.

Denizens of Orange County couldn't escape the barrage of yellow lawn signs that littered the landscape these past few weeks, demanding a yes vote on Proposition 8. Beneath the picture of a happy stick-figure family was the simple tagline, "Protect marriage." It's as if the "Yes on 8" camp wanted voters to envision themselves galloping to the rescue of Maiden Marriage, imprisoned in the castle of the godless sodomites—creatures of no morals, content in ravishing the modern family in between bouts of drug abuse and deviant sex.

Dmitry Medvedev; Ralph Nader; John Kerry.

UCI Registrar Office raises fee for verification request; Craigslist moves to curb ads for sex services; Sudanese government censors newspapers; NYC mayor Bloomberg proposes six-cent plastic bag tax.

The clock strikes midnight, your forehead sweats and you slurp the last few drops of your energy drink. In eight hours your paper is due. You would have done it earlier, but there were those midterms, that party or maybe you just forgot. There's a business to help get you out of this situation.

"Hope" and "Change" have been the rallying cries of this election campaign. Now that the votes have been counted and the "Candidate for Change" Barack Obama is our president-elect, how much hope should we have that change is on its way?

Just this October, at a HIV/AIDS conference, South Africa's new Health Minister Barbara Hogan stated, "HIV causes AIDS." To an outsider, those words are unremarkable. They state the obvious. Of course HIV causes AIDS. The link between the virus and the syndrome has been a fact since 1983. Yet, these three words represent nothing short of a revolution. It has taken countless studies, relentless pressure from activists, doctors, scientists and foreign governments and finally the outbreak of political infighting to bring about acceptance of that statement.

Unfortunately, UC Irvine does not offer dental benefits as part of its student health insurance plan. In fact, it is one of only two University of California campuses whose mandatory student health insurance does not include or provide the option to add dental benefits.

Physical exhibition of feelings not proper to Germans, survey says. Christians still crazy.

Florida still a swing state; Governator hits campaign trail; UC Davis researchers to curb horny squirrels with birth control program; Toshio Tamogami not up on 20th Century history; Kim Jong Il still crazy.

Prop 2's goal is to give farm animals in California enough room in their cages to turn around, lie down and stretch their limbs. This is a moderate, reasonable step toward making farming in California more humane.