Perspectives

By Rudabeh Shahbazi Assistant Perspectives Editor Every day, 2,000 children are forced into prostitution, a transnational enterprise that is growing in both size and scope.  The International Labor Organization estimates that more than 2 million children under age 18 are involved in prostitution, half of them in Asia and 300,000 in the United States. Americans account for 80 … [Read more...] about Child prostitution crisis surges worldwide

By J. Douglas Stevens Staff Writer You recognize the faces of those holding up picket signs. You’ve probably never seen them in plain clothes, but you know these people. More than 70,000 employees of three major grocery store chains in Southern California are out of work after going on strike Oct. 11. Talks between the United Food and Commercial Workers union and grocery … [Read more...] about Store wars: The cashiers strike back

By J. Douglas Stevens Staff Columnist I have something to say to anyone living in dorm row with a significant other in Towers or apartments: I don’t feel sorry for you!  For the past three weeks or so, some students — including yours truly — have been dealing with the fact that their special someone will be spending the semester abroad. Just imagine for a moment that your … [Read more...] about Writing away the long-distance blues

By Justin Kerr Staff Writer When asked how he would solve California’s fiscal nightmare, state Sen. Tom McClintock answered, “I would apply the first law of holes: ‘when you’re in one, stop digging’.” The lawmaker should know a great deal about holes — he has filled many during the past three decades. From founder of a high-school political network to assemblyman and finally … [Read more...] about McClintock fills gap in California politics

By JJ Bowman Associate Editor I do not need to pick this fight and risk alienating countless classmates just before graduation. Instead, I’ve bit my pen and nodded approvingly at your slides as I nodded off to sleep. In reality, however, as soon as the lights dim and the student and professor finish the eight-minute transition between lecture and PowerPoint presentation, I … [Read more...] about Your PowerPoint presentations bore me