Within the past decade, e-cigarettes have been marketed as the safe, economic-friendly alternative for users to get their nicotine fix instead of from cigarettes via nicotine-infused oils like peanut oil. A similar rhetoric is found for marijuana use, where views are skewed toward seeing it as an entirely positive medical drug to ease symptoms like depression and anxiety. What...
I just don’t understand it. Why are so many people afraid of our new president’s relationship with Russia? Is it just because we had a cold war with them — nuclear arms pitted against each other for more than three decades, proxy wars fought in the name of ideologies? Russia has changed since the Cold War. They have disarmed...
As of Monday, Jan. 2, one of Disney California Adventure’s (DCA’s) oldest rides, the “Tower of Terror,” is now permanently retired. It’s set to be replaced with a ride based off the 2014 film, “Guardians of the Galaxy.” The new ride is called “Mission: BREAKOUT!,” and will open around summer alongside the release of the film’s sequel, “Guardians of...
2016 was not the best year for the University of California’s public relations department, as each week seemed to release a new controversy surrounding the administrative transparency and accessibility of the 10 campuses. From two chancellors resigning amidst clouds of fiscal mismanagement, repeated state audits and countless acts of administrative apathy toward cases of sexual assault and hate crimes,...
All over the nation, a startling number of teenagers commit suicide every year. In competitive school districts like Palo Alto, clusters of teen suicides occur at an especially alarming rate. In order to curtail this tragic phenomenon, Assembly Bill 2246 was drafted by Long Beach Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell. The bill requires schools to adopt suicide prevention policies targeting high-risk...
I assume that of those business people who fly business class, most of them don’t express bigotry about ethnic or racial groups because they are often doing business with such groups. Whether they’re doing so on moral grounds or just because they want to make money, there’s a certain level of respect that is required to be maintained in...
A tragedy struck the Fort Lauderdale Airport when a man who had registered his firearm before boarding a plane bound to Ft. Lauderdale, went to the bathroom after receiving his firearm from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and proceeded to murder five civilians. In the wake of the tragic shooting it is clear and obvious that serious reform must...
On Thursday, Jan. 5, four black teens savagely beat and held hostage a disabled, white man in Chicago for at least 24 hours and as long as 48 hours. Those four suspects were eventually charged with a hate crime and aggravated battery.
This is not an isolated incident. Shortly after the presidential election in November 2016, a report published...