Hurricane Sandy highlighted the pros and cons of our modes of communication.

“‘Why do we let random ass ghetto people on campus?’ I read [that question] on Facebook, and I’ve been crying all day.  I don’t want to be on a campus where this type of stuff is said following an event where people could have died.” Margaret Winn  Junior · Spanish   “People jumped to conclusions.  [...]

The events leading up to Wednesday night’s shooting can only be described with one phrase: playing with fire. The shooting occurred outside “Freak or Greek,” a Halloween party held at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center. The event was promoted by LA Hype in association with the Black Student Assembly, a division of the Undergraduate Student [...]

Reporting from Wednesday night’s shooting indicates a need to be careful with breaking news online.

The debate between Propositions 30 and 38 is intensifying for California residents. Unfortunately, neither proposition is perfect. Prop. 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s measure, plans to increase taxes on the richest Californians to help close the budget gap, generating revenue for schools and local public safety programs. Prop. 38, lawyer Molly Munger’s proposal, would raise the [...]

On Sept. 17, an 11-year-old girl named Khadijah Niazi in Lahore, Pakistan was taking the final exam for a college-level physics class created by a Silicon Valley startup. As she was watching YouTube videos for the course, Niazi was interrupted by a message telling her the website was no longer available. The Pakistani government had [...]

Romney’s plan to cut the organization’s funding would end access to many necessary services.

If you drive north on Vermont Avenue, beginning just west of Compton, you travel through the Latino-dominated community surrounding USC, pass Koreatown and end up gawking at ritzy homes at the base of the Hollywood Hills. Too often, however, these diverse Los Angeles communities are extremely isolated from one another. Such de facto segregation deals [...]

The president-elect has the power to make climate change an issue people care about.

Recent predictions about the upcoming 2012 election, conducted and released by The New York Times this October, project Ohio with a 50-50 chance of deciding the election. Swing states such as Ohio have been fundamental in U.S. elections for years, but with the repeal of Citizens United — a landmark Supreme Court ruling that allows citizens [...]