For too long, the Undergraduate Students Association Council has spent its energies promoting certain viewpoints at the expense of others. Student groups that support the dominant slate in USAC somehow end up with the most money. Read more...

I’m from the South; Florida, to be exact. I saw the signs that said “colored” and “white” above water fountains and bathroom doors. I was there as a first-year Florida student in 1965, the year after the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee was disbanded, following eight years of terrorizing both National Association for the Advancement of Colored People members and homosexual professors in the state’s universities. Read more...

At first glance, Proposition 57 and Proposition 58 would seem to make sense. After all, nobody denies the fact that while in office, former Gov. Gray Davis and the Legislature spent every penny they took in ““ and a whole lot more ““ to create a massive operating deficit. Read more...

California faces a cash flow crisis in a little over 100 days. The state’s bills come due on June 16, and if we don’t have enough money to pay them, we will be forced to make drastic cuts to the services that Californians care most about. Read more...

The objections of the Jewish community to Mel Gibson’s movie were, unfortunately, poorly characterized in Nick Dang’s column, “It’s not anti-Semitic; it’s just a movie” (Feb. Read more...

Negative views about gay marriage, such as the recent submission by Adam Partridge (“Legalizing gay marriage not so simple,” Feb. 24), are nothing new. But attacks on gay marriage are unfounded. Read more...

Mercury contamination in our waterways, especially as a by-product from coal power plants, has emerged today as a serious health risk, and may become even more dangerous for future generations. Read more...