Imagine if you were told that funding for your university organization would be withheld based on your political beliefs. That would sound a lot like 1950s McCarthyism. Read more...
Community, Opinion
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August 21, 11:41 pm
Submission: Proposed anti-BDS legislation threatens free speech
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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August 14, 10:31 pm
Arman Sharif: Preventing more tragedy following HARD Summer Musical Festival deaths
2014, one death. 2015, two deaths. 2016, three deaths. The numbers spell a grim trajectory for HARD Summer Music Festival, an annual event held two weeks ago that attracted nearly 150,000 attendees an hour east of Los Angeles. Read more...
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Opinion, Opinion Columns
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August 14, 10:29 pm
Jonathan Friedland: Republicans should be consistent in their small-government principles
Time and time again, the Republican party has contradicted its own small-government philosophy. When most Republicans look at their party, they envision smaller government, which supposedly means fewer regulations and more individual liberty. Read more...
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Community, Opinion
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August 8, 11:02 am
Submission: Voters should cast ballots with principles and values in mind
Bernie Sanders has mustered unprecedented support among college campuses in the 2016 Democratic primaries. Now that Sanders has lost, his supporters disagree on whether to vote for the Green Party or succumb to what many view as the lesser evil. Read more...
Editorials, Opinion
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August 8, 12:17 am
Editorial: California affirmative consent law not realistic, but remains necessary
“Yes means yes” has been the public face of California’s affirmative consent legislation, finding its way onto posters and in freshman orientations in colleges throughout the state. Read more...
Opinion
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August 8, 12:12 am
Guillaume Kosmala: Students need to use votes to express progressive views
Millenials lean left, further left than any other generation, yet it wasn’t enough to win Bernie the democratic nomination. So what’s next? How do we effectively mobilize this progressive sentiment to provoke real change? Read more...
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Opinion
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August 3, 9:06 pm
Submission: Don’t let terrible political conventions discourage you from voting
While I was taking a walk the other morning, I found some people playing “Pokemon Go” together at the beach. One person must have caught a rare Pokemon as he shouted “I got it!” The rest of the group then gathered around him and stared at his phone screen with curiosity. Read more...