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Oh, so you’re gay? You can’t sit with us. Also, you’re unfit to defend our country.
In 1993, President Clinton implemented the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which prohibits gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals from openly disclosing their sexuality while serving in the military. Furthermore, those who reveal their homosexually, whether verbally or through engaging in [...]

Who killed the American newspaper? Craig Newmark did. Fifteen years ago, the IBM engineer started an email list for his friends. That list became Craigslist and has, along with the Internet, been largely responsible for upsetting the newspaper’s century-old revenue model.
It’s hard to imagine, but once upon a time, newspapers could and did make people [...]

American capitalism has always claimed to value competition in the free market. As consumers, we are supposed to have multiple options for everything, and this is beneficial both for us and for the businesses themselves. When you want to grab your morning latte, purchase a gym membership or buy a new digital camera, you have [...]

In the movie “Zoolander,” fictional fashion guru Mugatu focuses his entire clothing line around the homeless. His new “Derelicte” campaign boasts women in trash bag couture, black eye shadow like soot smeared across their faces. Mugatu’s superficial embrace of homeless culture provides a satirical look at fashion’s relentless search for edginess, for fashion that [...]

For whatever reason, we humans have an odd habit of investing certain arbitrary dates with great significance: birthdays, anniversaries and, of course, New Year’s Day. This is because the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one offers the sense, however delusional, of renewal and of a fresh start. So in honor of 2010, the New University’s editorial staff picks 26 stories to watch for during the new year.

“Might hurt just a little bit — just a little bit — but it’s going to help a lot!”

That is a line from a song that Sid the Science Kid and his computer-generated pals sang on a recent episode of Sid’s eponymous public television children’s show. In every episode, Sid has a “Super-duper-ooper-schmooper” big idea. Last week, on a show entitled “Getting a Shot: You Can Do It,” Sid’s big idea was that getting vaccinated is a good idea.

UC students everywhere are feeling the pressure after the UC Board of Regents approved a 32 percent fee increase on student fees last Thursday. This vote will make it even more difficult for students currently struggling to make ends meet to get the quality education they expect from the University of California, quality that has been called into question.

This week, ASUCI will hold elections for Legislative Council positions. The New University newspaper extended an invitation to all candidates running for positions on the Council to come in for an interview. The endorsements that follow are based upon interviews conducted with those who responded and participated in the interviews.

Please leave your comments on the endorsement of the latest Legislative Council.

“Sunny day, everything’s A-OK…”

Who among us can hear these optimistic words without being transported back to a simpler time? A time of learning the alphabet, counting along to catchy tune, loving milk and cookie, and the monsters that devour them? For 40 years, the average childhood has been tinted with the rosy hues of “Sesame Street.”