Stem cell research has clearly emerged as an in issue in Campaign 2004, both nationally and in California with Proposition 71. Unfortunately, the whole issue ““ even before this current election year ““ has been so surrounded by confusion and misinformation that nonissues take center stage while crucial facts remain unreported and thus virtually unknown. Read more...

If, as President Bush claims, John Kerry is the “most liberal” member of the United States Senate, what does that imply? For one, it implies that Kerry is something of an ideological extremist, a throwback from the days when the solution to every social problem was a new entitlement program and the cure for every failing program a larger allocation of funds. Read more...

We have all been through the ups and downs of “scientific promise.” The war on cancer officially began in 1971, yet many of us are still losing loved ones. Read more...

Navigating the pathways to and from class on our rather large campus can be difficult. The hills, the mystery buildings (Ever try finding Slichter? Good luck) ““ and to top it all off the hassle of walking up Bruin Walk. Read more...

While the other students in my summer classes were stressing about their grades on the final, I was worried about something much more important ““ whether I would be able to afford my education. Read more...

This summer I went to Tanzania to help fight the AIDS epidemic. In my imagination, I created visions of what my AIDS seminars would accomplish ““ the men of the villages would start using condoms, and everyone would flood clinics to get tested. Read more...

Turn on the news any night, and there’s another story of some cheater ““ a law-breaker ““ finally getting caught. Enron, Martha Stewart, Jayson Blair. These are names we’ll remember. Read more...