All Entries in the "Opinion" Category
Gender Roles: Men, Women, And Rape
This week on campus, a number of movements picketed and soapboxed to prevent sexual assault. And don’t get me wrong; that’s a very good thing. Rape and sexual assault are some of the more heinous and damaging crimes that human beings can enact upon one another. My problem is not with groups determined to prevent [...]
Bursting The Irvine Bubble: China’s Water Problem
China has a plumbing problem. Actually, it has a pollution problem mixed with a daunting water crisis. The country that is currently second in the world’s economy is one of the 13 countries with the most severe water shortages. China is such a powerful country, yet something doesn’t seem right. But let’s not forget that [...]
ASUCI: Dissasociated
I would like to take this moment to take a break from talking about federal politics. Instead of talking about good ol’ R-Money and the self-imploding GOP, I’m going to let you know how I feel about another type of government. A little government a little closer to home. The Associated Students of the University [...]
The Very Least We Could Do
For six weeks, I stood on Ring Road near the flagpoles, handing out literature against the odious Proposition 32 and supporting Prop. 30. I endured grimaces and taunts, was ignored by students wearing buds in their ears, received polite smiles from non-English speakers and, yes, was thanked by many who wanted to read what I [...]
Recognizing Voices On Campus
If you were one who always looked up to our cool siblings up at UC Berkeley, you should take note of the actions of our student government in recent weeks. In fact, our student government went one step further than theirs did in 2010. The ASUCI Legislative Council unanimously passed a resolution two weeks ago, [...]
A Hypocritical Conflict
The conflict between Israel and Palestine has never been at a standstill. When there aren’t direct acts of violence coming from both parties, political tension is still high, between the two and in the international community. After the recent cease-fire and the strikes in Gaza, the death toll for Palestinians were said to be 166 [...]
American Consumerism: Pro
Holidays are dreadful. For me, they are family obligations, like weddings and anniversary parties. I don’t abhor family gatherings, but if the NFL chose not to air a marathon of football games during every holiday, then perhaps I’d be less annoyed. But what irritates me more than our culture’s acceptance of aggressive masculinity is the [...]
Let Your Zots Ring Out
There is a culture amongst students that suggests UC Irvine is a “second choice” university. It is no secret that UC Berkeley and UCLA, both older universities with popular football teams, seem to cast a shadow over UCI. Some will tell you it’s because we are a young university, only founded in 1965, and we [...]
Three Strikes: You’re Outta There!
State corrections officials will be dismissing 9,200 arrest warrants for parole violators, based on a review if the warrant is old or no one is looking for the parole. This is only one of the many measures our state has taken to comply with the Supreme Court ruling of 2011, which ordered California to reduce [...]
ASUCI: The Apartheid Divestment (Con)
In a sweeping, unanimous decision in Legislative Council, our ASUCI representatives made history: in R48-15, they managed to slander a pluralistic democracy as an apartheid state under the guise of tolerance and concern for human rights violations. Before we discuss the actual conflict, let us dismiss a few common misconceptions. First, although members of legislative [...]
