Transportation Referendum is Acceptable, in the Short Term
by Joshua Marxen When the issue of UCSD’s Transportation Services’ budget flared up at the end of last year, the California Review analyzed the issue and determined that the source of the problem was...
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by Marco Vasquez In the past few months, Associated Students has seen major events like proposed constitutional changes, the transportation crisis, numerous resolutions, and financial issues. The two...
View ArticleWhat is Bitcoin and Why Do Governments Hate it?
by George Hess Within the mainstream media and economic journals, Bitcoin and other alternative currencies have become synonymous with fake money, price instability, and speculative investment. To some...
View ArticleThe Criminal Justice System Has No Leg To Stand On
By Shane Robinson Locus Standi: the right to bring an action, to be heard in court, or to address the court on a matter before it. In the United States there are three ways to gain standing...
View ArticleUS Involvement in Ukraine, I Err on the Side of Caution
by Jacob Hartman Far too often, sensible people are forced to respond to irrational arguments using the invented vocabulary of those they are arguing against. A well-known example is when Socialists...
View ArticleIntervening against ISIS, Why Boots on the Ground is the Best Solution
by John Christopher Story The summer of 2014 has seen the Islamic State, also referred to as ISIS and ISIL, storm across large swaths of war-ravaged Syria and Iraq. The beheadings of three Westerners,...
View ArticleThe Export Import Bank: Economic Necessity or Corporate Welfare?
By Austin Peters For much of this past summer, politicians and policy wonks alike hotly debated the fate of the Export-Import Bank. Established during the New Deal Era, this little known government...
View ArticleCaution Against Boots on the Ground
Written by Joshua Marxen As someone who would be proud to hold the title “journalist”, I was as horrified as anyone when we learned that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria had beheaded not one, but...
View ArticleAS Senators Playing Hookie
According to this Resolution of Censureship, the majority of AS members have been reprimanded for failing to attend meetings. Perhaps the “many members of Council including most members of Cabinet and...
View ArticleA Peek Into Illegal Internet Drug Markets
I have fond memories of late weekend nights rolling around in my car with my best friend, music blaring, from party to party in attempts to score a cheap half OZ of weed, while ending up getting a...
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