Author Archive for Alex Chazen
MSU Tries to Educate, Not Hate
Almost a year and a half ago, the College Republicans at UC Irvine ‘unveiled’ the controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that originally ran in a Danish newspaper. At the time, I was the president of both Anteaters for Israel and Hillel: The Jewish Student Union at UCI, and because of tensions between these organizations [...]
Grave Desecration Offensive
According to President George W. Bush, Memorial Day is a day on which we as Americans ‘honor the warriors who fought our nation’s enemies, defended the cause of liberty and gave their lives in the cause of freedom.’ Bush made this statement during the president’s annual Memorial Day Address at Arlington National Cemetery. It is [...]
MSU Hypocritical, Not Educational
On February 5, 2007, Marya Bangee published an article in the New University titled ‘Hillel Welcomes Racist Speaker,’ which went on to blast Hillel for bringing Daniel Pipes, someone she deemed to be a racist speaker, to UC Irvine. Bangee is the spokesperson for the Muslim Student Union at UCI, and in writing the article, [...]
Congress Attacking Troops
In passing non-binding legislation that rebukes President George W. Bush for requesting a surge in the number of troops sent to Iraq, the United States Congress is acting incredibly irresponsibly, both in the message that they are sending our troops overseas and the message that they are sending to those whom we are fighting. Our [...]
Use of ‘Holocaust’ Offensive
The word ‘holocaust’ stirs up emotions among people all over the world for many different reasons. The word ‘genocide,’ which most people agree the Holocaust was, is defined as ‘the systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, polit
ZOA’s Strategy is the Wrong One
I used to hate it when my mom would go into my room and clean it for me. Something perturbed me about someone else taking care of my dirty work.
MSU Fails to Educate Others About Islam
Last week was the Muslim Student Union’s ‘Israel Awareness Week,’ but they might have called it ‘Let’s All Gang Up and Discredit Zionists, Jews and An
Why Dodgers Fans Hate Giants Fans
I picked up my copy of the New University last week and as I read through the opinions, I saw something troubling.
When Competition Clouds Judgement
Competition is present in all of our lives, almost all of the time. We all compete whether we like to or not, for better grades on curved tests, for i
