The other day I was enjoying a fish burrito at our campus Rubio’s (wait … is it Rubio’s or Baja Fresh? Or La Salsa? I can never remember) in Ackerman Union when all of a sudden my ears were assaulted by a cacophonous racket that all 200 televisions thoughtfully identified as a musical group called “My Chemical Romance.” After suffering through their song (which lasted almost two whole minutes), MTVU (the U stands for University) cut to a scene involving a “reporter” interviewing a student from some remote place like Kansas or Alabama about the new album by someone called “50 Cent” (who, incidentally, is having a bitter feud with someone called “The Game,” presumably over who has the most ridiculous name). Read more...

Walking into Denny’s in Houston last weekend, I had my first brush with odd American rules ““ Texas seemed full of them anyway. I mean, putting up the Texan flag on pretty much every open inch of space? Read more...

After I read your recent article titled “UC regents stall on graduate fee hikes” (News, May 27) I felt the reporting was fair and balanced. However, I wanted to clear up one statement made by the author. Read more...

What do the motley crew of Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Jesus Christ and Malcolm X all have in common? Are you struggling? Let me give you a little hand. Read more...

Repackaged story bad journalism When I read Kenneth Hurst’s Viewpoint submission, “Wine workers’ demands irrational, unproductive” (May 31), I had a feeling of deja vu. After a few minutes on Google, I realized why. Read more...

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The other night I was talking with my parents and reflecting on all we had accomplished during our respective times in college. They started to tell me stories about their college life during the late 1960s and how they were so fired up to create change back then. Read more...