One nation under Santa: just 342 days left ’til X-mas! I know it’s second week, but I still have Christmas on the brain. Maybe it’s the weather, or maybe it’s just the first slot my editor could give me, but my frontal lobe, amid the dread of class schedules, book lines and the "F" word (financial aid), is still filled with Christmas. Read more...

True stories from life in ‘The Weird World’ This is the true story of several students picked to live in a townhouse and have their lives documented. Read more...

Government regulation threatens civil liberties I’m sure many liberals are desperately worried about the future of civil liberties under the new Republican regime. With the Republicans making hostile threats to defund such liberal symbols as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts, and their connections to "angry white men" and the religious right, they are easily perceived as outright enemies of free expression, diversity, tolerance and freedom of conscience. Read more...

History shows power of inter-ethnic solidarity By Ryan Masaaki Yokota Through the 150 years or so of shared experience here in Amerika, many connections between the Asian Pacific Islander and Latina/o communities have been close and fruitful. Read more...

A continuing defense of reproductive freedom Throughout high school, I never thought that I’d ever need an abortion. For years, I didn’t even consider it because frankly, I wasn’t having any sex. Read more...

‘Is this all,’ or is there more meaning to life? By Ron Bassilian So it is, once again. A new quarter has started and the routine starts anew. Read more...

Universities can guarantee an education, not a job By James Lebakken I feel the need to defend my major after the disservice Chris Gregory’s article has done to the English department at UCLA ("Paradox: evolution and the English major," Jan. Read more...