Internet porn is the drug of the new millennium, it’s the new ecstasy, and it’s only one click away. For some, it’s as addictive as heroin, leaving addicts and their loved ones with a list of sexual and psychological difficulties. Read more...

The University of California has over $131 million invested in companies doing business in Sudan, a country whose government is responsible for rape, disease, starvation and possible genocide. Read more...

The season where high school kids explore UCLA is back. I love to watch them, wide-eyed and hopeful. “Look,” they whisper, “college students.” “Look,” we think, “high school students.” In a way, they’re right to gawk. Read more...

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The other day I was enjoying a fish burrito at our campus Rubio’s (wait … is it Rubio’s or Baja Fresh? Or La Salsa? I can never remember) in Ackerman Union when all of a sudden my ears were assaulted by a cacophonous racket that all 200 televisions thoughtfully identified as a musical group called “My Chemical Romance.” After suffering through their song (which lasted almost two whole minutes), MTVU (the U stands for University) cut to a scene involving a “reporter” interviewing a student from some remote place like Kansas or Alabama about the new album by someone called “50 Cent” (who, incidentally, is having a bitter feud with someone called “The Game,” presumably over who has the most ridiculous name). Read more...

Walking into Denny’s in Houston last weekend, I had my first brush with odd American rules ““ Texas seemed full of them anyway. I mean, putting up the Texan flag on pretty much every open inch of space? Read more...

After I read your recent article titled “UC regents stall on graduate fee hikes” (News, May 27) I felt the reporting was fair and balanced. However, I wanted to clear up one statement made by the author. Read more...