True or false: In her lifetime, one in four women will be sexually assaulted or raped. True or false: At least 61 percent of rapes and sexual assaults are never reported to the police. Read more...

Nicholas Louw (“Bush plans to create culture of ownership,” Oct. 21) believes that “the tendency for people to rely on others for their well-being is a source of self-destruction and that it perpetuates diminished opportunity as a consequence of apathy.” I completely agree, but with one exception ““ dependency is self-destructive only depending on whose hands you’re in. Read more...

Boycott efforts economically unsound I hope the students who prompted this whole witch hunt against Taco Bell are happy. They’ve successfully put all the students who worked at that Taco Bell out of a job and reduced the income of the farm workers they were (ignorantly) trying to help. Read more...

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Proposition 69, the DNA Fingerprint Initiative, would immediately require all convicted felons to provide a non-invasive DNA sample for inclusion in a statewide database. Beginning in 2009, individuals arrested for felonies ““ not misdemeanor crimes like shoplifting under $400 or traffic violations ““ would also have to provide a DNA sample, but could have their sample removed if they are not convicted. Read more...

Imagine that the campus police mistakenly pick you up for shoplifting over $400 worth of BearWear at the campus store and you are later released without charges. Read more...

On Nov. 2, if you’re registered to vote in California, you’ll have the chance to vote on Proposition 60. Whether or not you think the state constitution should be amended to allow for open primaries, I have my own proposition to pitch: Dating should always be an open primary. Read more...