IâÄôm tired of the revolving door of snarky fashion columnists in The Minnesota Daily. âÄúIf you want to get snapped on the street for Fashionista, avoid wearing the following:âÄù...

I remember when I read headlines that the United States had finally invaded Iraq. The color drained from my face as I picked up the paper and read the terrible news. My conservative roommate at the time...

My biggest pet peeve with the Internet is the sheer amount of clutter I run into. And no, I am not talking about ads, spam, pop-up windows or slow-loading WebVista pages. The worst clutter on the Internet...

Last week a classmate of mine, Vinh Truong, asked me if my significant other was a white guy. I said yes. It was a funny question but I could see why he asked it. Vinh and I share a common ethnic background...

Not surprisingly, a lot of instructors liked my column on bored and apathetic students, and a lot of students hated it. I admit, I painted Sudoku students with a broad brush. There are some really nice...

As a student who actually pays attention in class, I am increasingly annoyed with those Sudoku-ing, nose-picking, text-messaging or napping students in the back of class. These are the same students who...

My mother, father and older siblings were all born in Vietnam and fled our homeland to the safety of U.S. soil. They were running away from mass murder, starvation and a Communist regime hell-bent on crushing...

Geek guys are a paradox, especially when it comes to interactions with women. They claim to respect women better than "jocks" do, but have no problems with playing games that victimize women. Geek guys...

For many, going to college fails to help us find out what we really want to do in life. After a couple of years of searching for one's point in coming to college, many of us give up, tune out and go through...

We've all had a depressed friend who seemed to choose poor options that fed their unhappiness. You know, the friend who chooses bad people to have relationships with or the one who medicates their pain...

The President's veto on the SCHIP bill and the 13 Republican Congressfolks who supported it are all cowards. Pure and simple cowards. Under SCHIP, states have been able to provide health-care for children...

There's this stigma about unintended pregnancy, as if anyone who has one is hedonistic, too stupid to use birth control and will spawn more stupid people like them. It brings to mind Sarah Silverman's...

When I was applying to nursing school, I was often asked: Why nursing school? Why not go to med school and become a doctor? Every time someone asked me that question I would have a mealy-mouthed answer...

Going on a financial diet is much like going on a food diet. It starts with a lengthy assessment in the mirror or monthly statement, a depressed sigh and motivation to get out of that mess. And, like a...

When you receive a credit card offer, look at the offer like you would look at a scary man in a van offering you puppies and candy, if only you'd go inside. Credit cards are useful, but in the end, guess...

Last week, I published a column titled, "Disability: A social construct." I received responses from all over the nation, from people with various disabilities. Many appreciated the message delivered about...

No one ever calls himself or herself racist, bigoted, small-minded or ignorant. Those are titles you give to others while looking into their narrow perspective and sighing at their lack of understanding...

In Hollywood, the most successful actors have been the ones that the public would love to get in bed with. Brad Pitt isn't just sexy; he's suave, entertaining and very compelling as an actor. Hence, he...

I remember my first semester in college, when I foolishly bought all my books from the bookstore and felt the burn in my wallet. I wised up and started buying my books online, disgusted at the markup on...

It took me long enough, but I now feel sorry for personal computer users. I used to be a PC user and had a token Macintosh friend who would always rant how awesome Macs are. He wouldn't be loud or obnoxious...

Video game console wars are not unlike the battle between two presidential candidates, and they come roughly about the same time - every four years with two primary candidates. Four years ago, the PlayStation...

Gamers. We're pathetic, fat, socially inept and spend way too much time gaming in spite of how unhealthy it is. The guest column "Gaming for Health" published in the Daily on Feb. 26, 2007, gives one good...

I'm 23 years old, so whenever I meet with my girlfriends from high school, we kind of end up at the same topic: what our ideal guy/engagement ring/wedding would be. And if we've already found our ideal...

Is spanking evil? Some parents do without, some swear by it, and others feel that it's a choice best left to parents. For many non-parents who are sick of seeing crying babies in airplanes or restaurants,...

Sexual harassment is harder to talk about than sexuality, mostly because of how others react to the topic. Most respond with a blank stare, unsure of how to react. For the fellow women who graduated college...

I'm a first generation Vietnamese-American woman. So that means I get some odd questions and comments from time to time, like "Asian women are so hot because they're subservient," "Vietnamese people are...

One thing of the things I hate most is misrepresentation of scientific research in the media. If you are a big Google News fan, you might have seen the medical study on red wine extract that extended the...

I don't think there's anyone who identifies him- or herself as a water-waster. For the most part, people try to keep their tooth-brushing short, their dishwashing brief and the number of times they flush...

The '80s generation is the first to be raised in a commercially and materialistically saturated environment, glutted with television and artificial foods. Our generation is the first to see the decline...