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Crisis In Darfur Still Requires Student Attention and Support

The problem with a lot of college students is that they think everything is political, and that there are at least two sides to every story.

U.S. Environment Is Troubling

The 2006 Environmental Performance Index, conducted by Yale and Columbia Universities, revealed that only six nations accomplished higher than 85 percent success in achieving vital environmental goals, such as clean drinking water and low carbon dioxide e

Oppose the War: Don’t Pay Phone Bill Tax

Against the war? Resolute that, if they brought back draft and you were called up, you'd burn that card and march off to prison? There may not be a draft to dodge this time around, but your individual contribution to the United States' current military

RateMyProfessors.com Should Be Used With Caution

Every quarter, as we college students scroll through the Schedule of Classes and try to decide what to take, we invariably have to pick one class over another and/or pick one professor over another even though they teach the same class.

Measure Success Another Way

As achievement in the classroom slips and parents begin to lose faith in the California public school system, the California Department of Education set out to remedy the problem, to improve our schools, to make the fountain of knowledge flow and to make

Liberia’s New Female President Could Bring Stability

Becoming the first female head-of-state to be elected on the continent of Africa, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf claimed, 'Corruption, under my administration, will be the major public enemy. We will confront and we will fight it.'

Rap’s Falling Quality

I am in no way in a position to judge people's personal opinions and tastes. Humans have an inalienable right to the freedom of choice and preference. We are blessed with the ability to rationalize and understand our environment.

Internet Provision Threatens Free Speech

You wake up. You find an e-mail stating that someone has anonymously commented on your blog. The message? 'Calling you an idiot would be an insult to all the stupid people.'

Sharon’s Absence Means Vital Changes

Just as the constant battle between Israelis and Palestinians is gradually improving, the one man who protected his people with all his power, while balancing international affairs, is slowly drifting away from us. Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister si

Genocide in Sudan: What the UC Can Do

In 1944, Polish lawyer Raphel Lemkin, in response to the Holocaust that took the lives of 49 family members, coined the term 'genocide' to describe a crime against humanity so horrific that it needed its own definition and code of governing laws.

Stem-Cell Research False

Credited for being the first scientist to successfully clone human embryonic stem cells and harvest new stem cells through a technique called somatic cell nuclear transfer, Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk made headlines worldwide.

UCI Nuclear Reactor Stirs Up Controversy Again

According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Information Digest 2004-2005 Edition, there are 26 nuclear reactors on university campuses around the United States which are aimed toward increasing research.

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