Opinion

Last week, Rajiv Narayan wrote to encourage civic education and involvement. Amen! Certainly doing something about the outrageous cost of public education is a top priority. But before there was Occupy and before anyone on campus knew what it felt like to be pepper sprayed, a crisis had brewed up within Intercollegiate Athletics (ICA). After illegitimately dropping four […]

I thought this country was effectively over being assholes to Native Americans after we finally recognized American Indians as actual humans, not just rugged peoples that liked cloth underwear, with the 1968 Indian Civil Rights Act. Neglect, however, continues throughout the 21st century just as chronically as increasing rates of crime on American Indian reservations. […]

In the Jan. 26 issue of The Aggie, my fellow columnist Jordan Carroll commented on the method of occupation at U.S. Bank, explaining that the point of direct action “is not a form of outreach or a publicity stunt.” That’s important, because it makes clear the primary intention of the occupation is not to serve […]

You are at a party, beer in hand, with a multitude of possibilities for fun. While alcohol and sex are often on everyone’s mind in this setting, the question is: does that drink affect your libido? When the beer goes in, strange things come out. Good things, too, from courage to stress relief. Some also […]

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 […]