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For the past month, at least 5,000 barrels of oil have spewed unstoppably into the Gulf of Mexico after an explosion on an  offshore oil-drilling platform caused three leaks in underground pipes.
As workers desperately scramble to stop or even slow the flow of oil, Americans are looking for where to point the finger of blame.  [...]

Give yourselves a pat on the back, Anteaters: this year, you’ve rallied, protested, gotten arrested and done sketchy things to get your voice heard. You’ve marched around campus, you’ve marched in LA, you’ve marched in Sacramento, and the Governator has started to listen. Now the task falls to every one of us to get out [...]

In the United States of America, land of the free and home of the brave, some things never change. Yes, as Americans, we love to stay true to our roots – and one of the ways we do that is by maintaining a ridiculously high national debt.
Ever since we won the Revolutionary War, we have [...]

Here’s the business model.
Find the most vulnerable people in society: the poor, minorities, people that the mainstream deems too risky to be a good customer. Sell them something that they can’t really afford by pushing a loan that they probably can’t repay. Use the hard sell. Tell them that this loan will help them solve [...]

You’re on Facebook. You’re also in class. Your eyes flicker from screen to screen. Your neighbor is playing Minesweeper. The girl in front of you is checking the sales at Urban Outfitters. You struggle to pay attention to the lecture, which has been condensed into bullet points projected overhead. The professor reads directly off the [...]

Congress needs to pass comprehensive immigration reform. Currently, America’s immigration policies undermine the health of the economy; weaken our diplomatic relationships (especially with our Southern neighbors) and endanger national security. They also leave millions of undocumented migrants and their children in a legal grey zone, making them vulnerable to exploitation.
As important as immigration reform is, [...]

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. [...]

This year’s spring ballot for ASUCI executive board positions is notably threadbare – candidates for two of the five positions (Executive Vice President and Vice President of Academic Affairs) are running unopposed. Regardless, the New University interviewed the six candidates for the three contested positions (President, Vice President of Administration Affairs and Vice President of [...]

Imagine this: You’re working at a secretary’s office for the week. Your employer walks in with a handful of work to be filed, paperwork to be sent out, phone calls to be made and “thank you” letters to be typed and sent out to 40 different clients. Oh, and don’t forget that warm coffee that [...]

Buried in the ruckus of the long-awaited health care bill is a second portion more directly pertinent for all students still embroiled in the world of higher education and being rocked by rising tuition and fees. In addition to overhauling the state of health care in the United States, the new law signed by President [...]