This is the beginning of Black History Month and many students may consider themselves active Black History participants because they might reread the “I Have A Dream Speech,” because they remember George Washington Carver while eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, or because they have “black friends.” Then on March 1, students of all colors go back to their lives, forgetting how valuable black achievements have been to them every day. Read more...

All women face the same impossible aesthetic standards and have experienced pain when these standards cannot be met. But we don’t lift one another up and remind each other that we do not have to meet these standards to be successful, happy or loved. Read more...

Have you ever had a biased professor who prevented you from learning or enjoying a class? Josh Taylor Fourth-year, psychology I had a psychology professor once who was biased. Read more...

The world is once again about to witness the destruction of human life in the name of “civilization.” “Civilization” was the driving force and ruling doctrine the Western nations used to expand their colonial projects. Read more...

As I heard news of the tragic fate of the Space Shuttle Columbia, a tear came to my eye. I began to wonder why. I did not know any of the astronauts, and I have never been involved with NASA’s Space Exploration Program. Read more...

The process and appointment of a new facilities commissioner to the Undergraduate Students Association Council has certainly caused quite an uproar with the political and journalistic powers that be. Much of it was expected, and most of it I welcome and candidly laugh about, as it is clear that the Daily Bruin knows little about me or the events that led up to my appointment. Read more...

“They blew it up!” I heard the exclamation on a Saturday afternoon on my way into the John Hopkins Medical Center. It was on the security guards’ small portable television. Read more...