Tag: Commentary

Brian Eller Only a few days ago, several news agencies reported that Mary O. McCarthy, a senior officer in the CIA, had been dismissed from her job for leaking classified information to the media. The information damaged intelligence relationships across the globe, and according to Peter J. Gross, the current CIA director, “the damage has […]

Jennette Ballas and Aliza Elbert Dilemma: I am a graduating senior looking for potential jobs and have currently started the interview process. I have a disability that can and might have an effect on my productivity at work and I will most likely need special accommodations. When, if ever, do you think that I should […]

It’s been almost five years. Five long years since we witnessed the Twin Towers fall to the ground, the demolition of the Pentagon and a newfound sense of vulnerability in our country. But is five years enough time to relive it all again? Director Paul Greengrass thinks so. In his new film, “United 93,” Greengrass […]

Bradford Applin Disclaimer: please do not confuse the following metaphor (created by a confused writer while mulling over a batch of banana pancakes) with real life, as it may be detrimental to your grades and therefore your graduation from Cal Poly. Imagine if you will that a professor proposed an intriguing grading system. In it, […]

Douglas B. Bruzzone and Michael Matzke As you may or may not be aware, faithful Mustang Daily reader, the Two Classy Gents often get a chance to sample cinema’s finer pleasures weeks or even months before they come out. Perhaps you are asking, “Who are you to compare the two best movies of the year? […]

Daniel Gingras When I try to think of possible scenarios in which I’ll interact with a married 35-year-old woman, I always reach the same conclusion. A modest sundress-clad woman enters the living room where I’m loafing on the sofa to offer me a combination of rice-crispy treats and tang. Just this spring break aboard Royal […]

Janice Edman             Anyone who has ever watched five minutes of “E!” or read a copy of Us Weekly (as my friends and I do on these dreary, rainy days) knows that the Hollywood dating scene is about as similar to ours as margarine is to butter.  Sure, the basic concept is the same, but […]

Tyler Middlestadt This week, the California Legislature resumed its spring session and is considering higher education funding levels for the coming year. Even though it’s common knowledge in Sacramento that education is drastically under-funded ($1.5 billion deficit in the CSU alone), that student fees have increased 76 percent in four years (not including campus-based fees) […]

Paul Bittick It is truly disappointing to find any moral person defending Israel’s violation of U.N. resolutions and World Court rulings. Are we then going to defend the expunging of millions of Palestinians from their homeland? And the hundreds of atomic warheads that Israel has? And the Palestinian homes that are destroyed daily in order […]

Jack Ingram With the sentencing phase of Zarcarias Moussaoui underway in Arlington Virginia, the jury will determine what punishment befits him – the terrorist allegedly involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. In doing so, the jury will send a message to the world, a message not only about how America treats convicted terrorists, but how […]

Brian Eller Being a Catholic, Easter has special religious significance for me. I attended a wonderful and crowded Catholic mass to celebrate our holiest day of the year. Like many of you, I feel that I have a relationship with God. Even if you don’t go to a regular church service or don’t see yourself […]