The American Dream is somewhere in Vegas. It’s in slot machines and strip clubs and behind the dumpster around the corner from the Flamingo. Starving souls striving for a heaping slice of the Great American Pie; souls with lustful eyes and greedy hands, reeking of desperation, make the pilgrimage to the Mecca of the American Dream.
600 students gathered outside the UCSD Chancellor’s office Friday morning in response to the recent bias motivated incidents that have occurred. First, hosts of a party themed “Compton Cookout” invited students to dress and act in a way that encouraged racial stereotypes, mocking Black History Month.
A look at the leading GOP and Democratic candidates
California will be voting for a new governor come November of 2010. As Arnold Schwarzenegger finishes his term, Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown seem to be leading within their own parties in the primary for this hotly contested position.
By now you’ve all heard about the tragic death of a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando. I didn’t know Dawn Brancheau, but I knew of her. The field of marine mammal training is a small one, so it’s hard not to know about someone as talented and as passionate as she was.
Housed in one of USD’s oldest buildings is a relatively new, well-kept secret to those who don’t frequent Serra Hall on a regular basis. Built in 1956, Serra Hall boasts characteristics that are reminiscent of an old government building, but it is now home to fresh and modern services.
Controversy surrounding a Philadelphia school district has led to a federal civil rights lawsuit. The Lower Merion School District issues Apple laptops to each and every student at its two high schools, but has recently been accused of spying on students through webcams on these computers.
Last year, as a seventh seed, the USD women’s basketball team became the first team in league history to win three games in three days to make it to the finals of the WCC Tournament, where they finally fell to the Bulldogs of Gonzaga. After splitting a pair of games on the road last weekend, this year’s Lady Toreros’ only hope of making the big dance is to break their own record and win four consecutive tournament games in this year’s conference tournament.
When Mette Lindberg of the Danish band The Asteroid Galaxy Tour calls Friday morning to talk to me from her apartment in Copehagen; it’s a call that I’ve been nervous about all week. The nerves aren’t related to being starstruck. They instead come from a more subtle division in our cultures.
The USD men’s golf team continued their stellar performance last week by capturing the All State Sugar Bowl Mardi Gras Invitational. The Toreros received seven votes for the Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches Top 25 poll for their exceptional play in this tournament, along with the previous two tournaments.
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit the South American country of Chile this past weekend, killing over 700 people and displacing over 2 million. The epicenter of the quake was reported to be approximately 70 miles from Chile’s second largest city, Concepcion.
A highly anticipated lecture regarding sex trafficking, prostitution and sexual inequality drew crowds that filled the Joan B. Kroc Theatre as well as an overflow room. Author, legal practitioner and international icon Catherine MacKinnon opened her speech by proposing that “the main idea is that sexual abuse is gender based and it happens in a social context for social reasons.
Last week, a UCSD fraternity held a party dubbed the “Compton Cookout.” This racist act was allegedly in “honor” of Black History Month. The event was advertised with the theme of “life in the ghetto.” Male party-goers were asked to be “stuntin’ up in ya White T, anything FUBU.
The petty and annoying discourse surrounding Proposition 8 was foreshadowed by the inappropriate legal challenges launched by supporters before it was even approved for the Nov. 2008 ballot. As soon as the petition signatures were certified, the television ads began.
Recruitment week for the fraternities came full circle last Friday, culminating in the much anticipated “bid night.” Spirits were high as fresh faces from abroad returned back from their pilgrimages to reunite with Mission Beach. Admittedly, as a “frat bro” I felt a buzz of excitement about my person, comparable to that of Courtney Love en route to an opium den.
A new study hot off the pages of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine suggests that abstinence-only education is the best way to prevent sexual activity among teens. The project was a longitudinal study that tested 662 black students in sixth and seventh grade over the course of two years.
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