For my last column, I made a compilation of column ideas that didn't make the cut. In other words, they weren't good enough for their own feature-length column.
A girl's worst insult
Girls are insulted by many, many things, but the insult I would like to focus on is "slut." According to Urban Dictionary, "slut," means a dirty, nasty promiscuous woman that no one would even touch.
The columnist is a story of contradiction. At once he must act as the interlocutor of opined reason and customized analysis, yet by the sheer necessity for argument, he must take a stand. At times, these demands conflict; for a columnist, thus, the attainment of a perfect balance is a lasting achievement. Writing is about eloquence magnified by personal ambition. In the beginning, the columnist sees privilege. Like a child, he's afforded space and time to write whatever he desires. He is hence impressionable, wondrous, admiring the instant subject-connection he has established.
I was determined not to write a raging cheesefest of a final column, but in the interest of bidding you fine people adieu, some failbloggage may have gone down. The least I can do is promise that you will not be exposed to any inspirational Eleanor Roosevelt quotes. Only time will tell if I'll look back on this column with pride or disgust. The years will age and perhaps even mature me a little, but my intuition tells me that when I'm old and decrepit, that pervy ex-Catholic schoolgirl who grew up listening to Howard Stern over the breakfast table will continue to live on.
California State Senator Leland Yee thinks UC has a problem. The regents are out of control, he says, and their behavior is so bad it's time for the legislature to take over.
Last week Yee and several other co-sponsors proposed a constitutional amendment that would remove the near-absolute autonomy UC has enjoyed for its entire history and instead give control to California lawmakers. While we generally support efforts to make the UC regents and the university as a whole more accountable, this approach is foolish and should be rejected.
Tonight at 6:10, the ASUCD Senate will be discussing a resolution that reprimands BloodSource, a blood-donation organization, for not allowing the queer community to donate blood. This is in addition to the recent action taken by ASUCD at last week's budget hearings to withdraw approximately $1,000 of ASUCD funding and sponsorship of BloodSource's quarterly blood drives.
The legislation that is being introduced rests on two premises:
America's Greenest Campus competition
Dear editor,
Climate Culture is hosting a national competition, America's Greenest Campus, to see which college can get the most students, staff, faculty and alumni to sign up at americasgreenestcampus.com and complete a carbon footprint by Oct. 5. This website is a great way to see that when each person makes a small change, together it amounts to something substantial.
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