A study released in February by the University of California Davis on California Women Business Leaders revealed an overall hostile corporate environment for women in California. According to the results of the study, women hold only about 10.2 percent of the combined board seats and highest paid executive officer positions, and more than 25 percent of companies have no female board members as well as no female executive officers.

Don’t look at your Christmas list as a burden, see it as a reminder of all your loved ones,” chimed the voice of a spokeswoman for a well-known department store over the radio. And so the shameless attempts of capitalists to get your money even during the holiday season endure.

There is no reason to feel guilty upon taking another sip of coffee. Caffeine may not be as bad for us as we have thought. We have all recognized the overall improvement in mental and physical performance after having consumed a caffeinated beverage, which is essential during the last couple weeks of school when all the papers are due and students are staying up all night to study for their exams.

Pimp City is the “legal game that’s good for your bad ass soul.” At least that is how the manual characterizes it. For those ages 18 and over who have always fantasized at least once about the glamorous street life of a pimp, Pimp City provides them with the chance of becoming “The Big Pimp Daddy” without leaving their living room.

In light of an excerpt in a speech delivered by Pope Benedict XVI in September at the University of Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany which was largely perceived by the Muslim world as inflammatory and offensive, it has become difficult to determine the nature of the Pontiff’s recent visit to Turkey.

With the 2006-2007 NHL season nearly halfway through, the Los Angeles Kings still have a long way to go to emerge from their down season last year in which they missed the playoffs for a third year in a row. The prospects could, however, look promising with players like Alexander Frolov and Anze Kopitar.

For those students who find themselves tormented with certain decisions they cannot seem to make or who are interested in the role ethics plays in many aspects of college life, there is the Center for Ethics and Values. Not among the better-known establishments on campus, the center seeks to promote the use of ethics in day-to-day decision-making and exchanges with students and faculty.

With the Senate’s confirmation of Robert Gates’ nomination for secretary of defense, it looks as though the year will conclude as the administration will embark on a fresh, new – minus Donald Rumsfeld – journey with a new course of action in Iraq. Or will it? The former director of the Central Intelligence Agency has employed a rhetorical tactic that speaks of reform regarding the war in Iraq, in which the U.

More than 250 students in more than 40 public and private high schools in the San Fernando Valley will participate in the CSUN art gallery’s 10th Annual High School Invitational on Friday. The students will provide a wide range of works that include painting, drawing, sculptures, photography, glass, ceramics and graphic design, as well as displays done on video and DVD.