Opinion

With all the political and economic issues going on around us these days, it can be very easy to miss the truly newsworthy stories that foreshadow important changes in what society considers humane and acceptable.

The option to live your live the way you see fit is a right granted to the citizens of this country. This right can also be applied to public institutions, such as a university, which are given the right to refuse on-campus military recruitment.

South Dakota's Gov. Mike Rounds (a Republican) recently signed a bill banning abortions in nearly all cases, including rape and incest. Though this bill will be opposed and hopefully overturned before its induction on July 1, this law is a bad omen of thi

If the Muslim Student Union is trying to create an accepting and tolerant environment on campus, they need to try a little harder. Having rallies, demonstrations and speakers that convey anti-Semitic messages and deter reconciliation between Christianity

Hamas is a radical Palestinian organization that is known throughout the world for carrying out suicide bombings and other attacks, primarily against Israeli civilians. Recently, Hamas won the Palestinian election. Hamas' entry into parliament not only

First and foremost, the College Republicans would like to state unequivocally that in no way was Tuesday's event meant as an attack on anyone. Our sole purpose was to discuss Islamic extremism in an open and intellectual manner per our First Amendment rig

I offer my humble words to our First Amendment, which grants us the right to freedom of speech. I apologize, First Amendment, on behalf of the people who abuse you and use you as an excuse to generate hate and enmity.

Recently, there have been a lot of things said in regard to the upcoming Campus Events Referendum, but not all of it has been true. As a member of Associate Student's Office of Student Services, I would like to help clarify what the Campus Events Referend

When was the last time that you tipped the trash man? The mail man? How about Bill Gates? Or even Steve Jobs? All of these people provide a service. Whether it is picking up trash, transporting mail, creating revolutionary machines or allowing us a tempor

Without hesitation last week, the Muslim Student Union demanded that the UC Irvine administration step in and deny the College Republicans their right to free speech by preventing them from displaying three of the 12 now infamous Danish cartoons depicting

On Feb. 27, the day before the College Republicans event, professors Manuel Hassassian and Edward Kaufman led a discussion on campus entitled 'The Role of Israeli and Palestinian Civil Society in Peace Building.' Although members of the press attended thi

Have you ever had your professor take weeks to respond to your e-mail or just not respond at all? It was probably because your e-mail was impolite, or perhaps you asked a stupid question. In all likelihood it was both. A recent New York Times article hi