Click-click. Click-click. Click-click. That's the sound of your friendly neighborhood cripple crutching around campus. Before we begin, let me clarify; yes, I know the term 'cripple' or 'crippled' is not politically correct. However, the term 'temp...

Sex. Intercourse. Fornication. Shakin' the sheets. Got your attention? While sex plays an extremely vital part in human nature, it's unfortunate that it no longer holds much significance in ou...

Kyle Williams. Kyle (explicative) Williams. That name has been a taboo for pain, suffering and irk with 49er Faithfuls over the past two ...

The debate revolving around single sex education has been pushed back into the spotlight, due to the recent publication of a report stating that single sex education is ineffective, old-fashioned and, ultimately, increases gender stereotyping. 'The <...

'What are you doing after graduation?' It's a question thrown at many college students of a certain standing, whether at family gatherings, cocktail parties or any other venue that requires meaningless small talk. What people don't realize is what a ...

Does the young generation rely too much on technology and their cell phones? Since last Saturday, the night that I dropped my phone in a toilet at a party, I have been asking myself this question. When my cell phone stopped working, I was devas...

Open on a black stage with nothing but a large volcano on a black table. Thirty seconds later erupts super mega molten hot lava and the speaker begins. On Dec. 8-10, the department of theatre arts...

I do not understand why making this country welcoming to all its citizens is an offensive act. When a person uses the words 'politically correct,' they are using a term two decades outdated that is no longer meaningful at face value. It is currently ...

Thirty minutes prior to midnight on Dec. 3, students crowded into Ives 76 to see Stage One's Blood Tub. Upon arrival, they mingled with the actors, many of whom were friends. The stage was a bare save for some chairs forming a half circle around a sing...

The nation is now experiencing the most severe jobs crisis since the Great Depression. President Obama's jobs plan will provide a much-needed extension of unemployment benefits and a payroll tax cut for working Americans. Nevertheless, only a federally...

We celebrated Occupy Wall Street's second monthly anniversary in small town Sebastopol, with its less than 8,000 residents, in northern California on Nov. 17. We packed a city council meeting where over two dozen people spoke in favor of Occupy Sebasto...

There's nothing like texting in class to royally peeve teachers these days, and as a teacher I can sympathize. Teachers and ndash; including many of my own colleagues - want students to pay attention, to learn and not be distracted. Students themselves and n...

I remember a day four years ago, spring semester of 2008. It was dark and cloudy. Rain came and went as it pleased, and I was a freshman at Sonoma State. At the time, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I had a few shot in the dark guesses ...

Four years ago, President Armi and ntilde;ana asked the then Provost Eduardo Ochoa to convene a group of faculty, student, staff and administrators to constitute the President's Diversity Council. Its charge was to develop and implement a strategic plan to...

The holidays are rapidly approaching (seriously, one step inside Target and you'll think you're in Santa's workshop) and, if you're anything like me, not a day goes by that you don't think about all the delicious food, parties, family, drinks and treat...

As the president of the newly founded Democracy Matters chapter at SSU, I am moved and impassioned by the emergence of the Occupy Movement. The wave of civic engagement that has taken the country by storm is an inspiring call to action for each of the ...

For most of this semester now, ASI has been working on creating a policy started by the previous senate last spring: a ban of smoking on campus. While I'm generally all for one's right to do with thei...

Immigration has always been a major part of our nation's history. The United States was founded on immigration, and without it we would not be the country we are today. Our nation is so great today because it was created based on diverse ideas and peop...

It is always a rare event when one becomes legitimately frustrated with a good friend. I can vividly remember the last time this happened to me. This particular occasion took place about a year ago. Good friends sitting comfortably together in any ordi...

It's readily apparent that Prof. Cynthia Boaz was stung-to-the-quick by a challenge from YoursTruly to the structure (if not the foundations) of her 9/11 Panel. I can well under-stand WHY (and upon reflection, I suppose it was to be expected), though i...