Opinions & Editorials

By Dominick Delgadillo Staff Writer The American Medical Association House of Delegates announced its opposition to anti-gay legislation in early November. The statement published by the association included health risks for homosexuals due to the “Defense of Marriage Act” of 1996, the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy of

By Jen Houghton Staff Writer Many countries, including Italy, the Czech Republic, Germany and Spain, have Duty to Rescue laws, legally requiring bystanders to assist people in distress or at a minimum to call the local emergency number. The U.S. has no such laws. In France, a person could

By Alex EmslieOPINIONS AND EDITORIALS EDITOR Famed Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein summed up the constant battle journalists fight between fact checking and deadlines, "Done right, reporting -- good journalism -- is nothing more or less than the best obtainable version of the truth." Journalists will always make mistakes

By Matthew GomezStaff writer A truck driver named Tahir Sheikh Fakhar, 56, plunged to his death Nov. 9, falling 200 feet after traveling around the S-curve installed by the California Department of Transportation over Labor Day weekend. The crash occurred less than two weeks after three cars were struck by

By Greg ZemanStaff Writer Imagine if the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had included an “opt out” clause. Unless you’re a California same-sex couple looking to adopt a child, then you don’t really have to imagine that at all, do you? Everybody else though, imagine you were denied