Issue: March 2004

Volume 2, Issue 4

News and Views

Gender Gap Manifests Itself at UCI

AMY WILLIAMS | Media critic, Jennifer Pozner, speak about the gender gap in the media and how it influences America.


Bring America Home

MATTHEW CARDINALE | Learn about the most ambitious plan ever to end homelessness in America.

New Megan’s Law to Help Protect Children

JAMISON POWER | New law will help provide more public access to information on sexual predators.


Forum Addresses Importance of Education

GERALD TAN | Proposition 55 proposes to provide additional money to California public school system, including the UC Irvine.


UCI Is Forcing Me To Leave My Home

GARRETT ASAY | University administration is planning to evict hundreds of students from affordable homes.

The Junior Slump
 CRYSTAL MASON | Third year students are becoming less hopeful about where college is going to take them.  Motivation is a key factor.

Boiling Point: Academic Freedom in Danger
KUMAR PARTHEPAN | From the Boiling Point, University of North Caroline, Chapel Hill.


Op-Ed

Bush’s Underhanded Appointment

EDITORIAL | Bush flips the bird at the Constitution.


The Green Dilemma

ALEXANDER PHILLIPS | Greens are divided between idealism and the prospect of getting four more years of Dubya.

Reality Check for Nader Needed
 JAMISON POWER | DEMOCRATIC COGITATIONS: Nader  needs to know what harm he might be doing.

Pimp and Ho Controversy Overblown

DAVID PHAM | People forgot it was a petty costume party and instead took it as an approval for prostitution.


Dean’s Impact Is Invaluable

DEVINA SINDHU | Howard Dean may be out of the presidential race, but his impact on the Democratic Party created new, energized hope for the party.


Hip Hop Misunderstood

HEIDI KHALED | Hip hop is a genre of music like any other.  Like all art, it reflects the values and mores we hold today.


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By The Numbers

72
Percentage of respondents against interracial marriage in the U.S. in 1972, according to Gallup.

53
Percentage of respondents against same-sex marriage in the U.S. in 2004, according to Gallup.

18
Dollars, in billions, spent for cosmetics

15
Dollars, in billions, spent for perfume

14
Dollars, in billions, spent for ocean cruises

19
Dollars, in billions, needed more to eliminate hunger

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