Wednesday, August 5

Letters to the Editor

Government should stay out of sex ed I agree with Katie Strickland that the government should stay out of funding sexual education. But to claim that the Bush administration is unjustly catering to its base with its abstinence education policies is hypocritical and absurd. Read more...



Beware of easy knee-jerk reactions

Editor’s note: This post was updated to remove an insensitive tagline. In my opinion, he was asking for it. When Mostafa Tabatabainejad refused to present his BruinCard in Powell Library when asked during a routine check by Community Service Officers, scoffing at them and police, it created an uproar, the fallout of which has graced airwaves and prompted headlines internationally. Read more...


Letters to the Editor

Let UCPD do its job to protect us I am appalled by the reporting of the confrontation between university police and the suspicious individual in Powell Library two nights ago (“Student shot with Taser by UCPD officers,” Nov. Read more...



Stay out of our sex lives

Sex is really, really bad. It’s so awful that the government is going to spend millions of dollars of your tax money attempting to convince you not to have it. Read more...


Editorial: Regents, give us a say, then listen up

If you’re on your way to address members of the UC Board of Regents at their public comment period this morning, don’t bother. The public comment period, the only time the public has any opportunity to address the board, is a colossal waste of time. Read more...