Confronting America’s obsessions with ‘vice and perversity’ Gendy Alimurung No pain, no date." For some, it’s not just a quirky saying, it’s a way of life. A huge Marcellus Wallace-ish man stood over a voluptuous young blonde woman strung up in a makeshift medieval torture rack. His black T-shirt flaunted his sado-masochistic tendencies in white […]
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Three years later: dialogue continues
Three years later: dialogue continues on April 29, 1992 This Saturday marks the three-year anniversary of April 29, 1992: the day the people of Los Angeles reacted to the news of the acquittals of the four L. A. Police Department officers charged with beating Rodney King. On April 29, 1992, many of today’s seniors were […]
Faith lost with limited knowledge of religion
Faith lost with limited knowledge of religion By Elizabeth Rich Roxane Marquez’s April 20 column "Why a ‘good Catholic girl’ lost her faith," was a very disheartening article on the Catholic Church. In the article, Marquez touched on just about every fashionable issue with which to bash Catholics, yet I find it surprising that she […]
Students must make up for lack of USAC leadership
Students must make up for lack of USAC leadership By Sabrina Smith I find it interesting that more explanations and defenses are made about student government in the few weeks before elections than any other time during the year. Students are assaulted with rhetoric from student leaders who insist that they have accomplished their goals […]
Liberty, Passover and the ‘devil’ inside all of us
Liberty, Passover and the ‘devil’ inside all of us Ron Bassilian Well, as many of you know, this week commemorates Passover for us Jews. And for those of you who don’t know, this holiday commemorates our emancipation from slavery in Egypt. The main focus of the holiday is to pass on this message of emancipation […]
Letters
SAGE, lose the ‘gimme more’ philosophy! Editor: It’s my fault anyway, so why am I whining about it? I signed SAGE’s petition last year, in the belief that its purpose was to act as a collective body to increase communication and understanding between graduate students and their university. But I can’t help it, because every […]
California immigration: finger-pointing or problem-solving?
California immigration: finger-pointing or problem-solving? Demonization of undocumented immigrants won’t solve state’s problems By Octavio Romano, Ph.D. Gov. Pete Wilson demands the equivalent of $8 to $12 yearly from every single American family. That is two to three billion federal dollars annually for an indefinite number of years. He claims it is for the state’s […]