Opinion

That there exists a humanitarian crisis in Darfur is undeniable. Over a million people have fled their homes and currently have little or no access to clean water, let alone health or sanitary services. It is a disgrace that the global community is not

Lying and sneakiness is more than just accepted—it has become expected in our everyday lives. It has also become a social norm on our U.S. college campuses.

We've all been there. You're having a great meal out with friends or a date and then that dreaded moment comes when the check is dropped on the table and reality sets in—that you have to pay for that full stomach.

I have a date this Valentine's Day. His name is English Paper and he is probably going to keep me up all night. But other than that, I will probably not be participating in any other Valentine's Day festivities. It is just a regular Tuesday, after all.

I feel bad for President George W. Bush. The man just cannot get his message through to the American public. From starting a war in Iraq to wiretapping American citizens, Bush has shown that he's on a mission, a mission that we keep preventing him fro

I'm going to call this the first, of many, 'huck, bid, pillage and burn' columns, so-named after an Ultimate Frisbee cheer we used at the UC Santa Barbara Qualifier where we finished third of 16 teams (hucking, in case you didn't know, is the term we use

Outsourcing is a labor practice which preys on the most vulnerable segments of a working-class community

For every fan of Valentine's Day, there's a social misfit or iconoclast who derides it as a tool used by corporations to take advantage of the consumer and take their money.

'Hookup' became a part of my vernacular during my first quarter at UC Irvine. According to the people around me, it meant two people joined in a moment of physical intimacy, which includes the following: simply kissing, kissing and horizontal dancing; k

A pioneer of the American civil rights movement, Coretta Scott King, died at the age of 78 on Jan. 30. As wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she was not a quiet woman who fit the 1950s ideal of a dedicated and subservient housewife.

Denmark's largest newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, published 12 editorial cartoons negatively depicting the Islamic prophet Mohammed, on Sept. 30, 2005.

A little over a week ago, Mexico's National Human Rights Commission was preparing to launch a project that raised the formidable hackles of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, not to mention the hackles of immigration foes everywhere: the distri