Since talking to The Daily about the anti-choice display in White Plaza on Monday, and reading the article covering the occasion, I have been doing a lot of thinking regarding abortion rights and the state of reproductive self-determination more broadly. “Feminist” is one of the first words I will use to describe myself, without hesitation, [...]

As The Daily has reported, members of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church will protest Friday morning outside the Hillel House. The group announced its arrival ahead of time, not out of courtesy, but to generate as much media attention as possible. They will bring large colorful signs and messages of hate for certain members of [...]

As a fraternity man, it is often painful for me to see the ways that some members of my community treat women. Once I started paying attention, I noticed that nearly every woman I knew had a story, either personally or from a friend, of being treated violently by a fraternity member. What’s worse is that even [...]

Last fall during his campaign, Barack Obama told the American people again and again that he was running for office because of the “fierce urgency of now.” A wide array of deeply rooted problems plagued this nation and, if left unaddressed, promised only to grow and worsen.  Over a year later, that urgency has not [...]

When they scored triple-digit points at Oregon last Saturday, it seemed like the Cardinal women were ready to put their recent string of underwhelming performances behind them and play more like the nation’s No. 2 team. They did exactly that on Thursday with a 71-48 win over Arizona State, but only for the game’s final 20 minutes…

Stanford put up a fight, but Arizona was too athletic and the Cardinal was too far from home Thursday night, falling to the Wildcats by the score of 76-68 at the McKale Center in Tucson…

ast night, the Cardinal fell in a thrilling four-set match in Burnham Pavilion against No. 10 UC Santa Barbara (2-5, 2-2 MPSF) with the score 30-28, 31-29, 28-30, 31-29. Tonight, the No. 2 Card (3-2, 3-2) is back in action in Maples Pavilion against the No. 3 Cal State Northridge Matadors (6-1, 3-1)…

If Mother Nature cooperates, the Cardinal will host UNC-Wilmington at 12 p.m. today and, if it wins, will face the winner of the San Diego State vs. Oklahoma match on Saturday…

“When the earth gapes my body to entomb, I justly may complain of such a doom.”–Voltaire, “Poem on the Lisbon Disaster”
“And I can’t fight this feeling anymore. I’ve forgotten what I started fighting for. It’s time to bring this ship into shore. And throw away the oars, forever.”–REO Speedwagon, “Can’t Fight this Feeling Anymore”
My Sunday [...]

There is really only one possible solution to fix the farce that the Pro Bowl has become: abolish the game altogether…