Underground Undergrads Post Hall of Fame

A top ten, arranged by date of publication. What do you think?
1. On the model minority and undocumented students (10/4) by Tam

"While Asian students are portrayed as having no educational struggles, this is far from the truth as the majority of Ab540 students at the University of California are of Asian descent."

2. Reporting the news from the future (10/6) by Matias

The organizers, gathered under the banner of Coalition United for Legal Eradication of that Republican Orange-haired Savage, or CULEROS, are a fringe group of the Republican Party in the State of California. In order to salvage what little remains of their party, they want to pretend that Schwarzenegger never happened.

3. An open letter of advice (10/9) by Matias

First of all, don’t take your car to a car wash; opt instead for your local softball team or boy scouts fund raising. Also, let’s say, do not eat out anymore. Restaurants tend to hire too many busboys, cooks, and dishwashers at a price that is supported by the cheap salaries of those job-stealers. Do not, by any means, eat any fruits or vegetables as they may have been picked by illegals. Do not eat chicken. Do not eat beef. You know what, do not eat! And don’t watch Geraldo at Large, that mustache is just too suspicious. Just don’t really do anything, basically. Do not read this blog. That should drive them out.

4. Sofi's trip to the RISE fast (10/22)by Matias

I spent Sunday afternoon walking around the historical Olvera Street portion of Downtown Los Angeles. Along with me were Sofi and her parents, who belong to the more than ten percent of families in the United States that are considered mixed-status households.

5. A Declaration of Human Rights (10/27) by Oscar

Let us begin to create a new vision of our world. Let us demand a true paradigm shift that will begin to address the issues of the 21st Century. No human is alien, illegal, or foreign. We are brothers and sisters of this world.

6. A reflection for Dreamers on wasted talent (10/27) by Julita

We have all been there... where does all this study time go to? What am I going to do with it? Well, it is going somewhere I tell you, and so will many other DREAMers.

7. Measuring Americanness (10/29) by Tam

(...) which Americans are more dedicated--those born here by chance and accident, or those who leave all they know, learn another culture and go through the legalization process which is emotionally, physically and financially draining to gain a piece of paper that will give them citizenship?

8. Barack Obama meets a Dreamer (11/5)by Fabiola

He listened as I spoke and held my hand. He then said, "I am so proud of the work that you do and I am so proud of the students who do this work." He talked about the need to reach across the aisle. He was honest and said it would be hard work, but understood the need clearly.

9. Fighting misinformation from Pennsylvania (12/1) by Maria

Ever since I became a part of the DREAM Act movement, I have been really surprised by the amount of misinformation spread by the anti-immigration movement. I feel their purpose is to instill fear into American citizens through their lies about both immigration and the DREAM Act.

10. DreamActivist takes on FAIR and pushed for change (12/3) by DreamActivist

We are often accused of asking for ‘handouts’ but from the point of view of a citizen of the world, what is a bigger entitlement program than de-facto American citizenship? One can kill the DREAM as a bill year after year, but how does one kill the spirit of young students? It is alive and thriving, more than ever before, which is probably what scares the two-dozen-strong nativists.

Bonus: Indiana Jones to save all immigrants! (11/18) by Matias

The arduous and complicated conversations about legal and illegal, freedom and sovereignty, racist pigs and anchor babies can now be centered around one fact we can all agree on: Harrison Ford is the sexiest man alive.