Mental health care at USC needs reform


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Between the million dollars in funding from donors and alumni and the high tuition rates, health services on campus are expected to be impressive. Reality, however, doesn’t reflect the standards. The care for mental health offered by counseling services in the Engemann Student Health Center is inadequate and ill-equipped to take care of students suffering […]

MA town should go through with measure against smoking


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The  sleepy town of Westminster in central Massachusetts might soon become the first in the nation to ban the sale of tobacco products. Though ambitious, the effort is certainly admirable as the first step in a series of actions that could truly make a difference.   Policies in the past have succeeded in curbing rates […]

Tobacco ban in Westminster would do more harm than good


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Calls for limiting tobacco sales have been commonplace in recent news, but a small town in central Massachusetts might take the national tobacco conversation to a whole new level. The 7,700-person town of Westminster could become the first town in the nation to implement a ban on all tobacco product sales within municipality and town […]

After midterms, failure to compromise will be lethal


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On Wednesday morning, The New York Times sent the following breaking news alert via its mobile app: “Obama and G.O.P. Speak of Cooperation.” Beyond the utterly sad implication that politicians deciding to (heaven forbid) cooperate with one another warrants the title of “Breaking News,” the story that ran not just in The New York Times, […]

Zivotofsky v. Kerry poses vexing issue on separation of powers


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This week, the Supreme Court took up Zivotofsky v. Kerry, a complex case with political and diplomatic ramifications that has been through the court circuits before. In this particular situation, the ultimate decision on foreign policy should rest with the State Department, the issuer of passports and conductor of diplomatic relations across the world on […]

Time magazine’s cover art doesn’t warrant backlash


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Students will be America’s tomorrow. Today’s education system is failing them. Fortunately, the poor quality of teaching in California is about be a thing of the past. According to last week’s edition of Time magazine, Judge Rolf M. Treu took down California laws governing teaching tenure and other job protections that are more than 50 […]