Although public attention to the gay rights movement has largely centered around the issue of gay marriage and the place of gay men and women in the military, Senate Bill 1172 puts California at the forefront of yet another frontier of the gay rights movement.
Author Archives: Maia Ferdman
_Maia Ferdman: Syllabus previews would help students_
Enrolling for classes can often be a crap shoot ““ if a class is open, there is no telling what it will really be like and if it is closed, there is no telling when or if the waitlist will open.
Maia Ferdman: _Israel-Palestine conflict provokes necessity for humanization_
Here at the University of California, the conflict plays part of an ongoing discussion of campus inclusion and diversity and often results in tension between numerous groups and communities.
_Who will teach America?_
We live in a country where your socioeconomic background often determines your chances of graduating from high school and college. Now more than ever, we need a generation of dedicated thinkers and doers to create comprehensive reforms to our education system.
Maia Ferdman: _Federal incentives for public education cannot resolve state issues_
Just as former President Bill Clinton hoped for a house for every citizen, President Barack Obama hopes to open the doors of the nation’s universities to all Americans seeking a degree.
_No excuses for political apathy among students_
A couple of weeks ago more than a hundred girls lined up, waiting excitedly for free underwear at Victoria’s Secret’s “PINK Nation Tailgate Tour.” Just down Bruin Walk, Gov. Jerry Brown spoke to a slightly larger showing of around 200 students about a proposed ballot measure.
_Maia Ferdman: Moving Beyond Rhetoric_
University of California student officials are engaged in a virtual ping-pong match of sweeping and symbolic resolutions and statements regarding HR 35, a California State Assembly resolution that seeks to define anti-Semitism.