As America was electing its first black president on Nov. 4, a small town in Orange County elected its first Korean mayor. For the first time in its 37-year history, Irvine welcomed to the city's highest position Sukhee Kang, who previously served as mayor pro tempore. However, people know that there is more to a leader than his or her ethnic background. Deny it as you might, change has finally come.
Irvine Planeteers: I belong to a small, elite club. There might be six of us on campus, or at least it seems that way. We are a rare breed in this region and few people have had the pleasure of seeing us in person. I am a UC Irvine biker.
What first comes to your mind when you think of Orange County? What about its reputation as the place that boasts some of Southern California's finest beaches (think Laguna and San Clemente) or the simple luxury of cruising down Pacific Coast Highway? How about the fact that Aston Martin finds its second-best market here? Well, according to "Orange County: A Personal History" by Gustavo Arellano, we've come a long way, from vast nothingness to hyper-suburbia, thanks to the post-World War II population boom.
While cigarettes have been the product of choice in Western countries, in other parts of the world different methods have long been used. One such form of smoking tobacco is commonly known as "hookah," or the water pipe. According to the American Lung Association, in recent years hookah bars have increasingly gained popularity in the United States, especially among 18 to 24-year-olds, becoming "the first new tobacco use trend of the 21st century."
Some topics are milked far too much. Proposition 8 is one of them. With so many arguments and retorts, one would think that the cow's udders have no juice left. And he would be correct. To save the cow from exhaustion, let's stop milking and make some butter. Homosexual relationships are as intimate and loving, as intertwined with jealousy and rancor, as shallow and as sophisticated as any other heterosexual relationship. To assume that compassionate intimacy is bound by sexual orientation, or that benign, familial relationships can't be established in certain households, is to milk the chicken and collect the eggs from the cow. However, to assume that the state needs to formally recognize such intimacy is also missing the mark.
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