Opinion

The column from Feb. 7 entitled “The debt debate” on the U.S. debt and our seamlessly never-faltering credit score is wildly off base and out of touch with financial reality. Mr. Brawer points out, “The U.S. debt doesn’t really matter.” The Greek government probably thought along the same lines. We see how that is working […]

I attended a town hall meeting on Feb. 10 lead by a team of lawyers, charged by the Office of the President to propose a comprehensive police policy for all UC campuses. After this meeting, a reporter from The Aggie came up to me and asked, “What side are you on?” and “Why are you […]

Living in the peacefully-mundane Central Valley of California, it’s hard to comprehend that in other parts of the world people are harassed, tortured and even killed for their beliefs every day. But they are. It’s been over a year since the beginning of what was hopefully termed the “Arab Spring,” an explosion of political and […]

Editor’s Note: The Aggie Editorial Board interviewed 14 of the 15 senate candidates and both executive tickets and wrote the following evaluations. They are in no particular order and do not represent the ranked preferences of The Editorial Board. Senate Candidates Kabir Kapur Kabir Kapur, a sophomore political science and philosophy double major would bring […]

Here’s a fun prank idea. Watch an episode of “Jeopardy” on On Demand, paying careful attention to all the answers. Then a couple of minutes before your roommate gets home from class, replay the episode. See where this is going? Your friend might not be too impressed when you declare Nerva as the first of […]

Today’s topic is a bit sensitive. It involves an act that, as far as your standard magazines tell it, is considered the holy grail of sex by one gender and the bane of existence by the other. An act that women only give up for birthdays and anniversaries and that men must pursue relentlessly. That’s […]

It’s an uncomfortable feeling to know that you’re being watched. Unfortunately, for those of us who regularly use social media, this sensation is omnipresent and always will be. If you’ve ever started a blog, made a profile page or published a tweet, bad news: you’ve got a peeping Tom staring right through your (computer) window […]

Legalizing marijuana in the U.S. would be extremely convenient, but entirely immoral. And yet, this difficult decision has now become the only one for Guatemala President Otto Perez after a great increase in drug trafficking through Mexico to the U.S. Perez’s proposal comes as drug cartels have taken over large sections of Guatemala and other […]

Imagine you’ve spent the last five years in a Ph.D. program. During that time you have taught dozens of courses, produced a book-length work and become an expert in your field. You’ve also sacrificed years of your life, making tens of thousands of dollars less than your peers outside of academia who are now buying […]

University of California and California State University campuses are taking measures to limit what you can do with your lecture notes. In an effort to restrict note sharing, the UC and CSU sent cease-and-desist letters to note-sharing websites notehall.com and coursehero.com. Notehall’s website now indicates the company is no longer accepting notes from CSU or […]

An internal probe at Claremont McKenna College (CMC) found that the college has been inflating its collective SAT exam scores of incoming freshmen for the last six years, ostensibly to increase its national rankings. This is a disturbing and uncalled for action that highlights the underlying problem of placing undue emphasis on college rankings, which […]

Our present moment of political upheaval differs from the ‘60s in at least one crucial regard. The antiwar protests on U.S. campuses, for example, happened within an economic boom. Now we have a global capitalist system: everywhere in general and nowhere in particular. This is much more challenging to picket, blockade or write songs about: […]