Author Archives: Garin Hovannisian

After many years of formation and development, the conservative movement on college campuses has gathered momentum. What once was considered a radical faction on campus is now an actual contender in academia’s political milieu. Yet none of the triumphs and advances of the conservative movement in the past year would have been possible or necessary […]

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. The ongoing debate over USAC’s funding practices and the Center for Student Programming’s subjective group registration guidelines provide an […]

Some of the strongest repercussions of California’s rehabilitated fiscal policy will be felt on University of California campuses, where beginning next year, enrollment numbers for new freshmen will be cut by about 10 percent. Arguing over the merits and demerits of our governor’s new vision is futile. Far more important, and of immediate significance, is […]

President Bush’s newly released federal budget proposal for 2005 calls for increased funding for Pell Grants: scholarships awarded by the federal government to financially disadvantaged college students. The Pell Grant system is packed with problems. Above all else, it swells the federal government’s control over education while assailing individual liberty and personal responsibility. But the […]

Every February, Americans celebrate Black History Month. For some people, this means acknowledging the past. For others, it means exploiting racial issues for personal gain. For the United States as a whole, the month helps foster division and racial tension. But before Black History Month can be evaluated in its modern form, it is important […]

Since President Bush recently asked Congress to push back the forthcoming expiration of several portions of the USA Patriot Act, the act has sparked renewed debate on the front pages of newspapers and found itself at the core of the upcoming presidential elections. In these arenas, as well as others, the Patriot Act has been […]

The presidential primaries and the upcoming elections have unlocked the dormant issue of public education and thrust it into the limelight. In his State of the Union address, President Bush reaffirmed his support for the No Child Left Behind Act. Democratic candidates have offered strong opinions as well. However different their positions, their objectives are […]