Pop psychology teaches us that admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. So say it along with me. Hello, my name is (insert name here). It is finals week, and I am stressed. We all have heard of the many ways in which we can reduce our stress. The majority of […]
Author Archives: Noor Hashem
Paranoia is getting out of hand
Imagine your grandmother. Imagine her giving money to charity to help that poor child she saw pictured in the media. Now imagine her being taken to Guantanamo Bay as a detainee for possibly assisting an organization that might have ties to terrorists. It’s a rather hard scenario to take seriously. But when the judge reviewing […]
Take time to listen, not argue
It is very easy to criticize. “And fun too!” as Homer Simpson replies to Marge when she mentions this. I can’t disagree there. Still, there is always a good way, and a better way, to do things. And then there is a wholly ineffective way of debating issues. Recently, it seems that people have dropped […]
Be creative with lack of parking
Finding parking at UCLA is much like a UCLA football game at the Rose Bowl. We have a good strategy, we’ve studied the opponent carefully, and we know we still have some work to do with our defense. But just when we’re in the lead, and feeling our cockiest, we get that colored penalty flag […]
Enrollment system needs change
It’s that time of year again. Halloween stuff is cluttering Big Lots on massive markdowns, the air is colder and the Christmas jingles are playing in department stores. Though I wish this only meant that winter break is fast approaching, it also signals the move toward winter quarter classes. The first pass for course registrations […]
Bush was smart to play dumb
Stupidity is the new red. Everybody is doing it ““ even our recently re-elected President Dubya is pulling a Jessica Simpson on us. He’s playing dumb and we love it. And just like our Chicken-of-the-Sea queen, he’s profiting. Many argue it’s what secured him the win on the national level. I have to admit, after […]