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Bidding Farewell to the New University

I didn't want to write this (my goodbye to the New University) for the same reason that I never wanted to have my...

Thanks, High School Teachers

It's sometimes interesting to go back and look at the catalysts that led us to where we are today. Today, I'm a computer...

Lessons From the New U.

Having performed so-so on the Graduate Record Examination for the second time in six months, I walked out of the Educational Testing Service...

Financial Aid Is Not a Basic Human Right

Based only on its name, it seems foolish for anyone to oppose Senate Bill 160. Called the 'California Dream Act,' it has already been passed by the California State Senate and now is being considered in the State Assembly. But for those stakeholders int

‘Genocide’ Does Not Describe Middle East

If the Mexican government were sending suicide bombers across the border to blow up buses and nightclubs, I would hope that the American government would build a wall to keep them out. In my opinion, that is not a racist policy.

Universal Preschool Is a Benefit to Society

Research on early childhood development has consistently yielded results that illustrate the benefits of a preschool and kindergarten education.

New Leadership for LAUSD

Budget cuts, outdated textbooks and dangerously high high school drop-out rates are just some of the reasons why Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has proposed a restructuring of Los Angeles Unified schools.

Departure of Cornerstone Caf

It's kind of like when you go back to your hometown and you find out that the city put up a shopping mall where the playground you used to frequent when you were a kid used to be.

California Risks Trivializing Gay History

Comparatively speaking, it's good to be gay in California. For instance, last year's bill approving gay marriage passed in the state legislature and didn't get scrapped by the lack of blue-blooded liberals in Sacramento; it was Gov. Schwarzenneger's ambig

Yossi Olmert’s Statements Invite Terrorism

Yossi Olmert made his extremist views against the Palestinian people and the nation of Iran clear on May 17 during a talk entitled 'Israel: A Discussion of Recent Events'.

Requirements Unnecessary

I've done my time. In order to avoid taking a foreign language in college, I took three years of French in high school. Three years in a class taught by a phlegmatic, 70-year-old woman who told us how great the war in Iraq was because her husband was an

Who Does ASUCI Work For? Its Own Members

The Associated Students of UC Irvine manipulated votes in last month's student election in an effort to get their student fee initiatives passed despite widespread opposition.

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