Opinion

Plugged in and wired up I find bliss when I’m plugged in and wired up. Plugged in and wired up is when I’m at the CoHo: Diplo and Friends blaring, a large, black iced coffee coursing through my veins, pounding away at my keyboard, writing thousands of words and finishing projects — creating. Plugged in […]

Embattled agriculture industry generates 80 percent of food sales, yet is spurned In a world where the global population is rapidly growing, humanity needs to start having a serious conversation about where its food comes from. It’s no longer a battle of organic and non-GMO producers versus conventional producers — it’s a matter of necessity. […]

Stereotypical depictions of Native Americans perpetuate historic mistreatment Right around this time of year, elementary school students craft paper hats complete with colored feathers and buckles, trace hand-shaped turkeys and don’t learn about the truth behind Thanksgiving. This past Thursday, families across America prepared turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing and still didn’t learn about Thanksgiving. […]

The successes and failures of a revolutionary 1950’s sitcom I Love Lucy, a TV show from the 1950’s, is often regarded as the show that changed sitcoms forever. I was not aware of this, or any of the thematic and topical issues at play in I Love Lucy, when my family and I watched episode […]

The importance of Obama’s humanity moving into a Trump administration I sobbed for a good half-hour on election day. Partly because Donald Trump had just become the President-elect for our nation, but mostly because it finally hit me that President Barack Obama wouldn’t be leading our nation anymore. Not only are we seeing the exit […]

Increasing tension at Standing Rock calls for resources, not ally theater In a conclusion to Native Heritage Month no less repugnant than celebrating Thanksgiving, police forces at Standing Rock, North Dakota have taken new leaps in brutalizing unarmed protestors. On the night of Sunday, Nov. 20, authorities unleashed tear gas, pepper spray, concussion grenades, rubber […]

The amount of misinformation surrounding the livestock industry amounts to propaganda Did you know that agriculture has a bigger economic share in California than Hollywood does? According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), California agriculture is a $42.6 billion industry generating $100 billion in economic revenue. Animal agriculture, encompassing dairy production and […]

Trump’s presidency should be a continued call to action Students protesting President-elect Trump at California schools and universities are signaling the start of a new counter-culture. Thousands of high school students in Los Angeles, many of whom would be directly affected by Trump’s draconian immigration policies, marched out of their classrooms last week in a […]

Democrats need to come to terms with their party’s elitist tendencies Here’s the liberal snob’s view of things: America proved itself this election as an eminently stupid nation. A man who should have received zero percent of the vote instead pulled off the greatest political feat in American history, leaving the nation’s fate uncertain and […]

Delete your account I was on a date some years ago, and, while scrolling through my photo library to show her something on my phone, my worst nightmare happened. “Is that me?!” She spotted my screenshot of her Facebook photos, the ones I sent my friends when I told them about my plans. I looked […]

Tabling students provide insight into how they decide to whom they offer material An ugly incident occurred this past week on our campus. A student claimed that he was not offered a single flyer while walking past the Memorial Union (MU) tables because of his looks.  The student in question, Roger Dirkmund, a second-year human […]

What do we make of comics struggling with mental illness? When Robin Williams passed in 2014, it felt like the whole world was in mourning. Williams was perhaps the most beloved comic force of our era, and his passing was riddled with questions, shock and confusion. How can someone who everyone loves kill themselves? Why […]