In honor of Pride week, the Daily Californian A&E is bringing you the best of the queer arts community. Pride and Privilege: For all the invisible queers Meg Elison shares her experience of growing up with an openly gay friend in a deeply conservative town and asks the silent LGBTQIAA Read More…
Sandy Stier and Kris Perry married Friday after the Supreme Court’s decision on Wednesday to end the ban on same-sex marriage in California.
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You know how we’ve been telling you that summer would consist of beautiful days? June 26 was one of those days. The Defense of Marriage Act (popularly referred to as DOMA) was a federal law that barred the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages legalized by the states. But that Read More…
The U.S. Department of Education announced April 29 that FAFSA will begin to collect information about students’ parents regardless of their marital status or gender. Read More…
A small group of students and community members gathered on Sproul Plaza Friday afternoon to rally against the United States Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision. Read More…
In this second of a four part series, we consider how Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a debate examining the constitutionality of considering race in the university admissions process, will impact higher education admissions nationwide. Read More…
California voters took to the polls on Nov. 5, 1996 and passed Proposition 209, which forbid state government organizations from considering race, ethnicity or sex in areas that include public education and employment. Suffice it to say, Prop 209 banned affirmative action in the state. Despite constant protest and legislative proposals to amend the law for public education, it still stands 16 years later — and that’s the way it should be. Read More…
Americans have a lot to be proud of as we forge ahead in the 21st century. We owe it to ourselves to try to ignore the economy and our future job prospects for a moment and appreciate some of the good that has been nurtured here: our stunning national parks, Read More…
After nearly six years of petitions and appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal on Monday that challenged a state law allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at California universities and colleges. The plaintiffs — 42 former UC, CSU and California Community College students who each Read More…
