There are bad examples being set for us everywhere. The other day, I kid you not, an 11-year-old boy decided to heil Hitler at myself and my boyfriend; pretend to blow our heads off with a yellow water gun, screaming, “Die!”; and then laugh hysterically and run off, leaving everyone Read More…
My name is Ju Hong, and I am undocumented and unafraid. On Tuesday, July 12, six other undocumented students and I conducted an act of civil disobedience to empower young undocumented immigrant youth and to protest the inhuman treatment of immigrants. We sat in the street near San Bernardino Valley Read More…
I have been reading The Daily Californian on campus for more than 40 years; I don’t think the readability, attractiveness and thoughtfulness of the paper has ever been this good. The economic pressure the Daily Cal felt seems to have produced unexpectedly fabulous results, and the editors and other folks Read More…
To some degree, we all share the intuition that we should seek balance and avoid extremes in our lives. Aristotle aptly called this the eternal quest for the “golden mean.” Today, the fight over how to resolve the debt and deficit problem relates precisely to this point. Thus far the Read More…
Dogs have long been considered man’s best friend, from Old Dan and Little Ann in “Where the Red Fern Grows” by Wilson Rawls to Marley in “Marley & Me” by John Grogan. Literary canine characters oft represent the power of love, unfailing companionship and blind loyalty. Some cultures worship their Read More…
This year, Californians have a lot on their plate. Zooming in on the map just a bit more, though, highlights a city with a hefty agenda of its own. The release of the 2010 census presents Berkeley with a revolutionary opportunity that comes along only once every ten years: redrawing Read More…
It was a very serious mistake for the City Council to approve the “contract extension” with SEIU Local 1021 (Council item 48a on the June 28 Agenda). This agreement effectively freezes and extends for three years a labor contract that pre-empts serious pension and fiscal reform in a time when Read More…
Ugliness makes my 5-year-old niece cry. While we were taking pictures on my laptop one day, Photobooth warped our faces into disjointed flesh across the screen. I thought we looked kind of cute, but she slid off my lap crying about how ugly we looked. If beauty lies in the Read More…
Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig recently struck out, big time, by refusing to relocate the 82nd All-Star Game from Phoenix, Arizona, to another city due to the desert state’s immigration law, SB 1070. Although the core of this draconian law remains under a federal court injunction, if Arizona Gov. Read More…
