Chai!!!

Mmmmmmm….David Rio Tiger Spice Chai.

Planned Parenthood Exposed by UCLA Reporter

Check out Michelle Malkin’s report on our club leader: Undercover at Planned Parenthood

We’re on O’Reilly this Wednesday Night [Updated]

Our UCLA pro-life club, Live Action, is about to take an abortion controversy to the national stage…on America’s biggest cable news show! Spread the word and share your thoughts about tomorrow night’s show here on this blog. I’ll be posting the YouTube video of the segment in case you miss it.

Email from the current club leader:

Hey Everyone!

Great news: We’re releasing The Advocate (our Live Action magazine) at UCLA this week, and we already have the attention of national media.

What really caught their attention was our back-cover story on Planned Parenthood. We did an investigation at the PP in Los Angeles, where I pretended to be 15 years old and pregnant. James O’Keefe, from the Leadership Institute, accompanied me at the time as my “23 year old statutory rapist boyfriend”. Anyway, James then made two youtube videos from our investigations and they aired in youtube and got 1000s of views.

Planned Parenthood is threatening to sue me personally now because of the videos, but I have some of the best lawyers in the country defending me.

Please visit our website: www.LAadvocate.com and see for yourself!!

Or watch: Fox News, the O’Reilly Factor (Tuesday) at 5:00/8:00pm PST.
I’ll be on representing the story with my lawyer.

Or listen: Point of View National Radio Talk Show
Thursday (5/17), 11:50-12:15 PM PST
You can listen live: http://www.pointofview.net/

Run #14

The Advocate Issue #2

Live Action’s second high-quality newsletter was unleashed on our campus earlier this week. Download the PDF and see what’s causing all the controversy at UCLA!

Crazy for Cupcakes

Several months ago, Kerry and I discovered cupcake heaven. Yeah, heaven. A meta-gastronomical world of miniature cake delight. Cupcake heaven, aka Sprinkles Cupcakes in Beverly Hills, is a royal once-a-month treat for us. Its a one for the shop and one for the road situation. Even though we live just three minutes away from this place, the road cupcake doesn’t always enjoy a safe ride back…its for the road, not the home, right? These cupcakes are not cheap, $3.25 a pop, but who wants to put a pricetag on bliss anyway? Long live red velvet! Milk mustaches for the masses! Black & White, you are loved, too.

Quoted in the Daily Bruin…again

Back in February, I joined up with the Bruin Republicans (BR) for a protest against the use of student funds to bring the anti-war, anti-American Cindy Sheehan to UCLA. We passed out some of Sheehan’s most ridiculous quotes to everyone who entered and had an all around good time of it. Daily Bruin reporters were on hand to get photos and quotes…and I made it in (quoted imprecisely, of course): “Antiwar activist incites protest“.

“Where are you going to law school?”

I don’t know yet, but you can follow my journey here: LawSchoolNumbers.com.

The Rumble

Stuffed inside my one-room cabin,
Secret plan about to happen.
In dark quiet exciement flows,
‘Twas this night that we chose.
Twelve of us but they just two,
Odds too good to be true.
Their shadows seen behind the curtain,
Our prefects’ check-in route is certain.
First stop will be cabin six.
Judgment for their frequent tricks.
The bell resounds, its ten o’clock
We’re freshmen wolves, no more a flock.
The trap is lay, our muscles flex,
Prepped to give lacrosse checks.

A change is heard: their knock is fainter.
Not this scene first do they enter!
An empty room they’ve surly burst,
The jig is up, our plan is cursed!
Long minutes pass…room’s a sauna,
Nervous warriors, newfound drama.
Outta sight, omniscience theirs.
Not this fear in nightmares.
“Stay here guys, our strength is numbers,
Remain together, defend these chambers—”
Wild footsteps, beasts approaching,
Ironic tale now unfolding.
Fun’ling through the cabin’s entrance
Whole senior class: reinforcements.
Men with beards and soccer sock whips,
Our strongest guy squeaks, “Abandon ship!”
They fling our bodies and squash our pride,
This band of brothers humilified.
Sent to bed, extra morning chores,
Wiser next year, we’ll be sophomores.

Paper Topics

Here are my options for Philosophy 175′s short paper:

1. Does John Wisdom think that claims like “There is a God” are factual claims? Explain Wisdom’s view. Is he right? Why/why not? In the course of your answer explain what a fact is, what an attitude is and what is the difference between them.

2. The accounts of the Sacrifice of Isaac in the Book of Genesis and in the Koran are different. Present each account and discuss whether the differences matter for the explanation in Fear and Trembling of why Abraham is “the Father of Faith”.

3. Explain carefully the difference Johannes de Silentio sees between a knight of infinite resignation and a knight of faith. Would they appear different to an outside observer?

4. If Climacus is right in the Philosophical Fragments is historical investigation irrelevant to religious belief? Explain Climacus’ argument, present and evaluate a strong counterargument.

All good, I still can’t decide…I probably won’t do #3.

“Higher Criticism” Class

My English class is interesting. The official title is: English 108B – The Bible as Literature: New Testament. Each week I learn more about New Testament’s literary genre and structures, though I reject the higher criticism methodologies espoused by my professor. To make things worse, our required text, “The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings” is written by Bart Ehrman, author of the misguided “Misquoting Jesus”.

Ehrman was recently interviewed on Issues, Etc. here and later responded to by the Academy’s director Dr. John Warwick Montgomery.

“Christ” in Print

According to my English professor, the most celebrated page of the middle ages is the ChiRho (Christ) page in the Book of Kells. UCLA has one of the mere 500 facsimile copies in its enormous library collection (2nd only to the Library of Congress…no excuse for not being able to find a book!) Kerry and I are going to the special collections this week to see it in person. Magnificent:

Supreme Court Upholds Ban On Partial Birth Abortion

The day after the last partial birth abortion case (Nebraska) was handed down, I was in Strasbourg at the ECLJ with the lawyer who argued it before the Supreme Court. This ruling ensures that this won’t happen any more:

America’s Largest Bookfair at UCLA

The day after our 5th anniversary, we are walking across the street for two days of book fun. The 2007 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books takes place each year at UCLA. This year the Food Network’s Dave Lieberman will be performing on the cooking stage–hey, even I tune into Dave’s great show! We went last year, but missed Giada (to Kerry’s deep disappointment). There will be so many Owen-friendly things, too. I’ll post some pictures of our experience.

The Greatest iPod Accessory

Mavizen MyBlu
- AM/FM Tuner
- iPod remote
- Makes the iPod a Bluetooth Headset and Phone
- $89
- Just ordered it!