Opinion

Twitter, the ubiquitous micro-blogging service, appears to be a harmless, lighthearted Web site that helps people stay connected through 140 character or less status updates that can be sent from a computer or cell phone. While not particularly revolutionary, it seemed like an interesting idea.

The Supreme Court looks at the Mojave Cross. Does it violates the Establishment Clause?

The people who talk around campus concerning the budget cuts tend to fall into one of two categories: those who feel the University of California should not endure any budget cuts or those who feel the cuts should be made as long as they are confined to specific places, such as the salaries of the University’s overpaid senior management.

Even though surrounding the New York Stock Exchange building with crime scene tape was classic, Michael Moore’s latest release, “Capitalism: a Love Story,” was not one of his best. However, to attack Michael Moore’s critique of capitalism by calling him a socialist is a tired, old Republican name-calling game. His argument for bringing a new economic system that fits the needs of the 21st Century, as oppose to 19th century capitalism and 16th Century socialism, is actually quite reasonable.

Last week, the winners of the five Nobel Prizes were announced. Most of the laureates earned the prize by introducing something extraordinary. Willard Boyle and George Smith, who were among the four winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics, invented an imaging semiconductor circuit that is the basis of digital photography. Herta Muller won the literature prize for her outstanding literary work “depict[ing] the landscape of the dispossessed.” Carol Greider, Elizabeth Blackburn and Jack Szostak won the Prize for Medicine. They discovered how “telomeres are protected from progressive shortening by the enzyme telomerase,” a contribution that has increased our understanding of and our ability to cure cancer.

Writer Alex Roth debates the intentions and flawed ethics behind digitally altered images.

Some of you may have heard about the Chancellor’s office hours this week. The idea behind this new initiative is respectable, and in theory, honorable. The campus is home to “individuals who represent a wide variety of backgrounds, opinions and perspectives.” It only makes sense that the Chancellor would be interested in engaging in a dialogue with these individuals.

The wars of the future will be fought using viruses not guns. Governments and civilians should beware.

Roman Polanski’s internationally publicized arrest at a Switzerland airport stirred up the dregs of his past. It has taken over three decades for Polanski, the Oscar-winning director of Chinatown and the Pianist, to be arrested for the 1977 drugging and rape of a 13-year-old girl.

A Student shares his experience with Parking and Transportation. Parking and Transportation offers an explanation.

The Blue Target on Baucus’s Back By Neil Thakore It’s hard to remember, but there was a moment in the recent past when passing a...

Our writer Jeanette Reveles contributed a wonderful article on a new breast cancer ad that was recently introduced in Canada. Let us...