What if they held elections and nobody came? Los Angeles will find out today, as the mayoral runoff election will most likely only attract about one-fourth of the eligible voters. Read more...

“He shoved out the wooden box I was standing on, and I was left hanging in mid air naked, suspended by my wrists. It was the beginning of my “˜training’ for a position as a prostitute that catered to “˜clients,’ who wanted to act on their violent bondage/torture fantasies,” reads the testimony of a survivor of sex trafficking on humantrafficking.com. Read more...

The world is flat, and I can prove it. Except that I can’t show you the proof I have because it’s very sensitive material. I have to hide it for security, or else Russia or the Middle East or Mexico might find the information and try to push us off the edge. Read more...

By Jenna Jasmine Thank you for attempting to feature my work and SWOP-UCLA in a positive light in the May 9 articles “Battling a stigma” and “More than modeling.” But I feel that in many ways you missed the mark. Read more...

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Today we’re going to talk about the place of humor in a newspaper. But before we get to that, I must say, “Family Guy” is back on the air, and that is way more important than student elections, labor strikes or anything else that happened this month at UCLA. Read more...

Why is it that the mere mention of arranged marriage incites cries of sympathy and pity? The only conclusion I can draw from these unexpected reactions is that people still have archaic notions of arranged marriage as the utmost violation of human rights. Read more...