Every day after class I am met with a hostile attitude from my suitemates as they struggle late into the morning hours with their math and science homework. Read more...

Over winter break, those ominous "Don't text while driving Jan 1st" electronic signs on the freeway repeatedly reminded me of what I have to look forward to in 2009 "“ more restrictions on my life. Read more...

The Democratic Party is sitting pretty. Read more...

In the current television marketplace, it's all about choice. Read more...

To many of us Westerners, the Middle East seems to be a perpetually doomed, inevitably warring place. Read more...

Fresh from our New Year's shenanigans, we've sobered up to the reality that 2009 is upon us, and with it, a brand new quarter. It's time again for new resolutions, new study habits, and new perspectives. But while 2009 may have arrived, the new year's mentality hasn't really come with it. There's something missing. Read more...

While standing in line with my friends over winter break, waiting to take pictures with the Santa at the mall, I learned two things: First, kids hyped up on candy cane sugar are not to be messed with, and second, anybody in line over the age of seven is considered a freak. Read more...