Opinion

Editorial: Boos and Bravos

Bravo to Safe Sex Week and its penchant for creating humorous situations.

By Editorial Board | April 9, 2009

Believe this: The media is unbelievable

Not too long ago I was having a conversation with my mom about how she hates to watch the news.

By Houston Friend | April 9, 2009

Is this a bad time?

What are you doing at 11:45 a.m. on a Tuesday?

By Heather Cutler | April 9, 2009

Politics can be a boring, frustrating thing, and with all the talk these days of economic stimuli, bankruptcies and international summits, it seems the American people wish things could be a little mo

By Kevin King | April 8, 2009

Terrorism is so last year

Americans love a lot of things. We love driving 4-ton trucks 70 mph while chatting on our cell phones. We love having a cold hot dog and a flat beer in the nosebleed seats on a summer afternoon.

By Andrew Hadder | April 8, 2009

A quiet dysfunction

I once knew a girl.

By Alex Petrusek | April 7, 2009

Editorial: Degree of difficulty

President Barack Obama has quite a remarkable track record in the realm of academics.

By Editorial Board | April 7, 2009

Front of the class to the back of the line

As the end of the school year draws to a close, many students are steeped in job applications, resumes and cover letters.

By Janne Gaub | April 6, 2009

Letters to the editor

Indigestion Week

| April 6, 2009

Religious dissonance

Religion is innately human, similar to the sense of music.

By Andrew Rowen | April 5, 2009

Stop mental doping

As crunch time approaches this semester, so, too, does the inevitable increase in the popularity of extralegal methods of coping, such as drug abuse.

By Kenneth Lan | April 5, 2009

Letters to the editor

Support for the DREAM Act It seems someone commenting on the article about the DREAM Act has some strong, albeit false, statements. Let me clarify any fallacies in his or her argument:

| April 2, 2009

Editorial: Boos and Bravos

Boo to the University of California, San Diego, admissions-letter snafu. More than 46,000 applicants received a letter from UCSD on Monday welcoming them to the 2009-10 school year.

By Editorial Board | April 2, 2009

College students should reject ant-mindedness

I wish there was less ant-mindedness at this University.

| April 1, 2009

Letters to the editor

Summers schooled

| April 1, 2009

A head above the rest

As little Rusty Shackleford walks stoically to school every day, he is subject to the looks and audible gasps saved normally for Universal Studios horror films.

By Andrew Hadder | March 31, 2009

Social Security and you = bad news bears

In 40 years, the 65 and older crowd will have risen from 12 percent of the population to 21 percent.

By Jeff Weyant | March 31, 2009

Aspiring to be a sheepdog

I am going to marry a sheepdog in just more than two months. Metaphorically speaking, of course.

By Andrea Summers | March 30, 2009

Bearing children: Kids could curb teen pregnancy

Earlier in the month, the newest pregnancy rates were released, including those for teens. 2007 was the first year that overall pregnancies broke the record of the baby boom in the 1950s.

By Janne Gaub | March 30, 2009

20 years the wiser?

Lately I have been thinking a lot about the past.

By Alana Arbuthnot | March 26, 2009

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