Urawa Reds team punishment ineffective in preventing racism


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Last Sunday, gone were the loud cheers and shouts that usually echo through Japan’s Saitama Stadium at home matches. Instead, when the Urawa Red Diamonds walked out onto the field, the team was met with a deafening silence. To punish a small group of fans for hanging a “Japanese Only” banner in the stadium entranceway […]

NSA reforms must do more to prevent abuses


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When former U.S. President Jimmy Carter exchanges private correspondence, he goes to the post office. In an interview with Meet the Press, the 89-year-old statesman said it isn’t because he can’t use email, but because he is afraid his communications will be read by the National Security Agency.   The admission by a former leader […]

Informing teachers about grants vital to education


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In today’s world, schools and teachers are expected to provide more services and opportunities to their students than ever before. In addition to a top-notch education, U.S. public schools are mandated to provide healthy meals, exercise opportunities, financial literacy, productive and  after-school programs and amiable social settings for the thousands of children matriculating through the […]

Kim Kardashian Vogue cover reflects culture


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I hate working out. It keeps me away from my happiest place: stuffing my face with mint chocolate chip ice cream. I do, however, subject myself to exercising at least three times per week, or at least that’s what I tell my physician to keep her happy. And usually while running on the treadmill, I turn […]

Alleged CIA spying reveals government hypocrisy


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Edward Snowden showed the world what happens when the government spies on its constituents. And Tuesday, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, showed the world what happens when the government spies on those who govern. Feinstein alleged on the Senate floor that during an investigation by the Senate Intelligence Committee of […]

Government must not give up on Head Start programs


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Every person deserves a chance, and some even deserve to have a head start in the right direction. With recent cuts to the federal program Head Start that provides underprivileged children with instructional preschool, however, the chance to rise out of cyclical poverty through education might be taken away. In the current climate of the […]

Reality shows shouldn’t exploit their subjects


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Much of my identity has been shaped by Lindsay Lohan — or shall I say, the more wholesome Lindsay Lohan. As a small child, I watched The Parent Trap almost every day until my mother, an onlooker with less exposure than I, could even recite the words. Freaky Friday marked my third-grade existence; I wanted […]

Media must embrace more diverse role models


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I’ll be the first to admit that the past few months have been busy, leaving me with little time for basic needs such as doing laundry. So it comes as no surprise that I didn’t have a chance to sit down and catch the Academy Awards live. I did, however, manage to sneak a peek […]

Senate wrong to block civil rights nominee Debo Adegbile


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According to every Republican, as well as seven politically weak Democrats in the Senate, defending an African American man from the death penalty is enough to disqualify someone from leading the civil rights division of the United States Justice Department. Yesterday, the Senate voted 52 to 47 to prevent moving to a final vote on […]

School administrators must foster meaningful dialogue


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As someone who just finished her teenage years, I can attest to the fact that I, along with the majority of teenagers, often use clothes to make a statement. The same is true of a handful of northern California students who wore U.S.  flag shirts to school to make a statement in 2010 on Cinco […]