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Disney Does Not Need to #GiveElsaAGirlfriend

On May 1, 17-year-old Alexis Isabel Moncada, a feminist Twitter activist, started the hashtag #GiveElsaAGirlfriend as a means of prompting Disney to showcase...

The Ineffectiveness of New Media

Every time I open Facebook, I see them. My timeline is filled with articles from college “journalism” sites like The Tab and The...

The Long-Term Benefits of an Increased Tobacco Purchasing Age

Congratulations on your 18th birthday, you can now enlist in the army and possibly die for your country…but you’ll have to wait another...

Suggestions of Civility Promote Campus Censorship

Once again, the paternalistic emails coming from Howard Gillman’s office remind us to be civil, instructing us on how to have discussions without...

Drug Court: A Better Alternative to Incarceration for Youth

Attendance at music festivals, or “raves”, has been increasing for the past decade, and this has been correlated with the rise of young...

Expanding the Draft: Does Gender Equality Mean Ignoring Assault?

At the end of April, the House passed an amendment that will potentially change the lives of at least half of all American...

Perspectives: Lunchbox Moments

Recently, NBC released a video about Asian Americans who brought unusual lunches to school growing up, resulting in varying reactions from their peers....

White House Correspondent’s Dinner Reflects Politics’ Reliance on Social Media

An evening filled with designer gowns, custom-made tuxes and glittering champagne flutes. Celebrities gathered around tables that are arranged way too close to...

Playing the Trump Card

When I found out that a Donald Trump rally would be held in Costa Mesa, not more than 20 minutes away from our...

UCI’s Organic Chemistry Crisis: Why Excessive Memorization isn’t Conducive to Student Learning

Toward the end of March, an article published in Chemical & Engineering News addressed a session at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting,...

Chancellor Gillman’s Tonedeaf Messages

To Chancellor Howard Gillman: At the beginning of every year, you send out a message to students regarding the campus’s commitment to free...

Yelp Integrates Hospital Reviews, Seeks to Improve Healthcare.

Walking through a hospital, many patients are yelping for their doctors and nurses to help manage their pain. However, with the changing interface...

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