When I went to Hong Kong this past summer the first thing family and friends said to me was, “Wow, you gained weight; what have you been eating?” This was contrary to what I have been hearing from people in the United States. Read more...

For most students in Sproul Hall, sleeping in past 7 a.m. has become an admirable accomplishment. If you have to ask why, you probably don’t live in or near the dormitories. Read more...

In the past 20 years, prison spending in California has increased by 571 percent, while the state’s spending on education has gone up by only 33.4 percent. Read more...

I invite you to take yourself back a few years and imagine you’re a senior in high school. Senioritis has kicked in, and your once-a-week route to class via Denny’s Diner has become a five-times-a-week routine. Read more...

Wouldn’t it be fine to not be able to detect a brutal, racial hate crime? Like many pro-Racial Privacy Initiative people, James Moon certainly seems to think so. Read more...

In the words of Henry David Thoreau, “It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?” We need to ask ourselves this same question when we look at current political efforts to improve public education in California. Read more...

Do you think the United States-led war on terrorism has been effective? Sandy Harris Fifth-year, psychology “We’re so disingenuous, the United States. We’re not putting our true agenda forward. Read more...