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Ask About ‘Don’t Ask’

According to statistics released by the Pentagon, the number of gay soldiers discharged from the U.S. Army has dropped dramatically in the past...

Heath Ledger’s Joker Has the Last Laugh

When I heard the news of Heath Ledger's death, I thought my friend was playing a particularly unfunny joke on me. Hours of...

Public NewSense

Thumbs down for Senate Democrats: The Democrats failed to pass a surveillance bill that would have excluded retroactive immunity for the telecom...

Drawn and Quoted

Douchebag of the Week: ' McCain has done more to hurt the Republican Party than any elected official I know of,' said former...

Depressed by This Paper? Just Pop a Prozac

Watching a commercial for a drug to treat something called restless-leg syndrome, one cannot help thinking, 'Wow, they aren't even trying to come...

CIA Torture Tapes Are a Step Away From Watergate

The House Judiciary Committee Chairman and 18 other House Democrats asked the Attorney General to replace a government-appointed lawyer with an outside one...

Don’t O.D. on ‘Indie’

'Hey, have you checked out this new indie alternative band?' 'Did you see that indie film?' While I was discussing indie bands with...

Lack of Diversity on MLK Day Keeps Doctors Away

We students don't think enough about how minorities have impacted our state's economy, politics and healthcare system. If we did, we would understand...

Letters to the Editor

OCR Investigation Exonerates Free Speech I am relieved that the Office of Civil Rights investigation cleared the UC Irvine administration of anti-Semitism allegations. It is...

People, Ignore Iowa!

The much-hyped Iowa caucus cannot be alphabetic, and it certainly is not rational. Why is it that a state with roughly one percent...

Take Your Daily Dose of ‘Truthiness’

'I don't like unions and I don't need writers,' announced the archconservative alter-ego of satirist Stephen 'I am America' Colbert. 'Which brings me...

Caveat Disciplus: Course Catalogue Can Confuse

Three times a year, we UC Irvine students must go through the agonizing process of coming up with new schedules for the next...

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