Archive for April 19th, 2010
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Tiffany, a 15-year-old sophomore, had been dating Kyle, a 16-year-old varsity football player, for a couple of months and was completely enchanted by him. Eight months into the relationship, Kyle told Tiffany he loved her, and she returned the phrase with equal genuineness.
Kyle’s love deepened quickly. He started to become jealous, giving Tiffany the silent [...]
Feel Chatty? Play Roulette!
The plight of the average college student to find entertainment on a weekend night is a desperate one. This is especially true in the hallowed halls of UC Irvine, where the sounds of crickets chirping can be heard around the desolate campus and the parking lots are swiftly emptied by 5 p.m. every Friday. As [...]
Cold, Hard, Shiny Plastic
Casting calls are already out for the next movie in Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise. Aspiring actresses seeking a role in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” must be “beautiful female fit models” between the ages of 18 and 25. In addition, they should be between 5’7” and 5’8”, fall somewhere between a [...]
Kicking It Old School: Why The Old Video Games Trump New Ones
My parents are pretty “old school.” Growing up, my sister and I never had the luxury of cable television and we were slow to join many technological revolutions (portable CD players, DVD players, cell phones). Over the years, my parents slowly upgraded various aspects of our household, but the one thing that never changed: the [...]
Intimate Inquiry
Dear LL&L,
My boyfriend has been asking me to have anal sex for a while now, and I decided that I would give him anal sex for his birthday in a couple of weeks. I’m getting nervous, and I don’t know what to expect. What can I do to make it more comfortable and less [...]
No Tolls on Information Highway
How much would you be willing to pay to use Facebook? What about YouTube, Twitter or your standard e-mail provider?
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the Federal Communications Commission does not have the jurisdiction to stop big cable companies such as Comcast from slowing down the Internet speed of heavy users. [...]
To Catch a Young Republican
For many of us, the idea of a young Republican seems to defy logic. While they do exist, they are becoming scarce. Young college students who lean toward conservatism can hardly count on the Republican Party as it is. Around the country, college-aged conservatives have grown weary of the Republican Party’s time of wandering [...]
Why Estrogen Won’t Save Wall Street
As the (not-so) Great Recession drags on, many Americans are trying to find comfort by finding a scapegoat. This behavior, sadly, is reflected throughout our history; when there is a failure, placing blame becomes just as important as finding a solution.
A recent edition of New York Magazine asked whether or not we would be in [...]
Think Before You Tag
Last week, an anonymous tagger sprayed “Civility,” “A” for anarchy and even a “Fuck Yudof” all over various campus buildings. My question is not who or why, but what? What are these words supposed to instill in the students of UC Irvine?
I knew what these words did to me. They empowered me and angered [...]
Drawn and Quoted
-Christ, You Know it Ain’t Easy – The leadership of the Vatican gave peace a chance last week when they ran a newspaper article praising the career of the Beatles. In the L’Osservatore Romano piece, the Vatican issued a kind of apology for its condemnation of John Lennon’s completely factual 1966 comment that the Beatles [...]
