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 […]

Bitcoins can transform value


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On Feb. 24, hackers crashed and seemingly bankrupted Mt. Gox, the third largest Bitcoin exchange, sending prices rope-a-doping by $300/BTC. It’s time to look deeply at how the cybercurrency derives its value. Among “alternative investments,” precious metals are the average Joes, rare art and microloans are the hipsters and Bitcoins are the awkwardly nerdy yet […]

Buzzfeed dilutes serious journalism


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The saying goes that if you do something 21 times, it will become a habit. With that in mind, something this semester that has been more ingrained into my life as, embarrassingly enough, attending all of my classes. That was my New Year’s resolution and I’m happy to say that my goal to increase my […]

Women’s advocacy must start with language


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We have more than one million words in the English language, according to the Global Language Monitor. These words have the power to cajole, to persuade, to encourage.   But at times, we fail to recognize that our words have the power to transform the course of a topic as heavy as women’s rights. A […]

Advertisement legislation limits too broad to enforce


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On Wednesday, a group of senators led by Sen. Barbara Boxer introduced the Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act to prohibit the marketing of e-cigarettes to children. Such a bill would give the Federal Trade Commission the power to determine what constitutes inappropriate marketing to children, which would then be translated into a ban […]