Anti-Homosexual Campaigns Are Unconstitutional

by Scott Laboda

¡¡Thanks to the signatures of roughly 700,000 of California’s most enlightened citizens, the March ballot initiative will give voters the opportunity to institutionalize hatred and homophobia. Proposition 22 is championed by everyone’s favorite dirty right-wing hack, Pete Knight. The initiative, according to California’s attorney general, "adds a provision to the ‘Family Code’ (read: legal matrix of Judeo-Christian oppression) that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized by the state of California." [con't]

Happiness Is Being Part Of The Collective

by Jacob Ganz

I’m going to come right out and say it. I was abroad last semester. I know that most of you probably don’t want to hear anything of the sort, and that just the word abroad sends you cowering into the corner. I know that you’ve most likely been bombarded with tales of revelry in foreign lands for a couple of weeks now, and fear that I’m going to lavish some newly discovered ‘enlightenment’ upon you. [con't]

Rampant American Cynicism Justified by the Times

By Greg Gomes

I don’t want to be cynical, I really don’t. But look around. Look at how fucked up our country is. Distrust of politicians has become an institutional feature of the political process. The substance of our natural culture has been molded to the needs of profit-seeking corporations. Who can blame us for being cynical little bastards? [con't]

Campus Homophobia Must be Addressed

By Laura ephraim

About a week ago, I arrived at my room to discover that a particularly inquisitive sort of homophobe had written the question "Why?" on my "I Support Queer Rights" door sign. Obviously, this small and cowardly act of vandalism barely registers on the scale of hate incidents frequently directed towards sexual minorities. It hardly deserves a second thought, not to mention an opinions piece. [con't]

On Campus Blood Mobiles Provide Students With Valuable Opportunities

by Julius Mopper

I used to be lazy. Not exceptionally lazy like The Dude, but lazy enough that I would only do what was required of me, and only at the last minute. And while, alas, those lethargic times are now buried along with the rest of my high school memories, my now vestigial laziness prohibits me from sacrificing a Saturday to Habitat for Humanity, or from walking around for whichever cause is putting on a marathon. [con't]