Joann GroffEditor in Chief Don’t eat chickens, don’t skin rabbits and retire the 80s leather bomber jacket for good. We’ve all heard everyone from Greenpeace to PETA telling us what we are killing, harming or polluting by what we are wearing, burning or spraying in our hair. So how do we decide what’s important? One cannot possibly adhere to every environmental standard that … [Read more...] about Stop Canada’s seal clubbing practices
Games foster camaraderie
Airan ScrubyStaff Writer Plays were made. The enthusiastic crowd cheered and lamented as players gained and lost ground against their adversaries. But the gaming that took place in the HAWC on Saturday had little to do with the night’s premier attraction, the basketball game. The video-gaming extravaganza, sponsored by the Programming Board, allowed students to come together, … [Read more...] about Games foster camaraderie
Malibu crime rates continue to decline
Tony GeldmacherStaff Writer Malibu may be scenic and home to the affluent and influential, but that does not mean the city is crime free. The good news is the city’s crime rate has been declining for more than a decade since it contracted the County of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department for services in 1991. The LASD on Lost Hills Road is the law enforcement agency responsible … [Read more...] about Malibu crime rates continue to decline
Staff Editorial: Tune in: KWVS has changed
If one were to tune into FM 101.5 KWVS sometime before December, they most likely would have been greeted with an endless loop of computer-controlled Christian music that could most easily be described as not very good. Sure, there was the occasional student- or professor-run show, but even then, all disc jockeys were saddled with a rule dictating that Christian music and only … [Read more...] about Staff Editorial: Tune in: KWVS has changed
‘American Idol’ joins other sly schemes
Jenny YangStaff Writer What is with “the man” lately? Boo. Hiss. I’m all about anarchy at this point. Big brother needs to lay-off a little. Yet, as the Smashing Pumpkins so accurately put it, “despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage.” True. So true. I got pulled over last week for the first time and it was just as I imagined: I’d rather have spent my time swishing … [Read more...] about ‘American Idol’ joins other sly schemes