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ASUCR's longstanding involvement with conferences and some of the problems associated with that are well-known. In past years, ASUCR members have come under fire for expenses related to University of California Student Association and United States Student Association conferences, even as other participants in the ASUCR delegations to such events have gained valuable lobbying, political and educational experiences as a result of their involvement.… Post the First Comment

A Republican winning the "Kennedy Seat" in Massachusetts was about as likely as Tiger Woods winning Husband of the Year, but it happened. And that it happened goes to show how fast and how decisively the American people have turned on Pres. Barack Obama, his left-wing policies and any Democrats who are seen as being in-cahoots with him.… Post the First Comment

A Riverside County school district has recently been in the news for pulling Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary from its elementary school classrooms because a parent complained about their child reading the definition for "oral sex." The Menifee Unified School District school board made the decision to put the dictionary back into the classrooms, but children now need a permission slip from a parent in order to use it.… Post the First Comment

In the state of California and in the United States at large, we put people in prison for some pretty ridiculous reasons. Then, after they are paroled, we put them back inside for even more ridiculous reasons. In California, the Three Strikes Law can put an individual in prison for 25 years to life for petty theft if he is a repeat offender.… Post the First Comment

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have endured long enough to outlast the dozens of television shows that have drawn more attention with a single episode compared to the sum of news since the onset of the wars. It will soon become the pinnacle demonstration of that phrase, "the elephant in the closet.… Post the First Comment

ASUCR Senate was created to be a student government elected by the student's and for the student's. However it has come to my attention in this past week, that transparency may have been an issue that some students felt was inadequate. In our last senate meeting this past Tuesday, the LGBT organization effectively voiced their opinion on a recent issue that has had a profound impact upon their organization.… Post the First Comment