Archive
Issue: May 2004
Volume 2, Issue 5
News and Views
ALEXANDER PHILLIPS | Editor-in-Chief
Endangered Student Homes Get Media Coverage
CRYSTAL MASON | Affordable student housing is getting attacked by administration and local news media is covering it.
Spain to Get Out of Iraq
CHELSEA THOMPSON | The new Spanish government plans to pull its troops out of Iraq unless the UN gets control of Iraq.
Who Wants to Be Vice-President?
JAMISON POWER: Democratic Cogitations | Whoever is going to be the
Democratic V.P. candidate will be important in order to win the
election.
Students Remember the Armenian Genocide
MARAL MELKICHIAN and FLORIN YOUSEFIAN | The history of the Armenian
genocide is in danger of being wiped out, as people are unaware of its
background and the issues still surrounding it in present day.
The Secret U.S. War in Venezuela
CHELSEA THOMPSON | The U.S. continues to fund opposition groups against democratically elected leaders in Latin America.
RICHARD NGUYEN | Find out where Democrats and Republicans can pick up valuable Senate seats to gain control.
ROBERT KHUU | Google’s new and upcoming free email service provides plenty of space to store mail, but there’s a catch.
CRYSTAL MASON | Incubus releases a new album filled with political commentary, love ballads, and perky pep tunes.
Op-Ed
We Can’t Leave Iraq NowDAVID PHAM for the editors | Leaving Iraq will only worsen the situation.
Bush and Women
AMY WILLIAMS | George W. Bush may talk the talk about supporting
women’s rights, but it does not necessarily mean he walks the walk.
ALEXANDER PHILLIPS | God or no God, the Pledge of Allegiance does
little to promote civil society, political participation, and democracy.
The Religious Left
JAMISON POWER | Democrats and progressives need to challenge the Christian right and their hypocrisy in matters of faith. 
A Lesson in Bigotry from The Traffic Guy
HEIDI KHALED | Reed Berry, The Traffic Guy, teaches Heidi a lesson in bigotry.
Right: AD NAUSEAM - ASUCI litters the campus with signs promoting its election. (Photo by David Pham)
My Housing or My Dissertation?
MATTHEW CARDINALE | Trailer park struggle elucidates barriers to politics among disadvantaged youth.
DAVID PHAM | The White House and conservatives hate the idea of the
9-11 Commission finding the truth about intelligence failures.
PATRICK BURNS | Richard Clarke tells his experiences about working with two presidents and Bush’s obsession with Iraq.
SHANNON O'CONNELL | Shannon reviews the books of Michael Moore.
ALEXANDER PHILLIPS | More anti-war protests are becoming diluted with multiple causes which hurts solidarity among protesters.
VANESSA NGUYEN | This novel by Marc Spitz is a disappointment to readers and music fans alike.
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