If you’re tired of feeling guilty about wasting paper every time a professor tells you to rip out a sheet for whatever exercise he or she has in mind, you now have an interesting alternative ““ roo poo paper. An Australian company, Creative Paper Tasmania, recently sent out a request for people to collect and […]
Author Archives: Noor Hashem
White classification too broad, not practical
I wonder if fans of the show “24” on Fox would classify Dina Araz, mother of the suburban family terrorist cell, as “white.” Somehow I doubt it. To be perfectly honest, I worry about beginning with such a statement. It highlights differences instead of similarities, and almost encourages a type of “profiling” that inevitably leads […]
Westwood needs to hear our opinions
Westwood should have a theme song. Right now I’m thinking the most appropriate song would be a spoof of “This Land Is Your Land.” Sing along with me ““ “This land is our land, this land’s not your land, from Wilshire Boulevard, to the UCLA campus.” With the recent controversy over the salsa dance floor […]
Communication as a pipe dream
Late Wednesday night, my friend online had the away message “water water everywhere and not a drop to drink.” She’s a lifeguard with late-night training, and considering her earlier away messages, I just assumed that was what she was referring to. It wasn’t until Thursday afternoon that I found out what she was talking about […]
Critical analysis undervalued
Additional money requested for equipment repairs and more military operations: $75 billion. Money to quiet other international conflicts, like Palestine and Darfur: $5 billion. Total price tag for the War on Terrorism (including the requested $80 billion): at least $300 billion. Total U.S. government aid to tsunami relief: $350 million. Seeing Bush’s budgeting priorities for […]
Campus food must be healthier
Even before “Fast Food Nation” and “Supersize Me” came out ““ though I was definitely encouraged by them ““ I’d been trying to eat a lot less fast food. In-N-Out Burger is one of the few exceptions to the rule. But in general, I attempt to eat fun and health-conscious meals. Thanks to some friends […]
Diversity requirement unclear
Jihad. Sex. Liberty. Love. Morality. These words all have something in common with the word diversity. That is, they are each not as simple as their textbook definition. Their semantic meaning is different from their situational meaning. To even further complicate the issue, words will forever fail us to a certain extent in that they […]