“A story has no beginning or end: Arbitrarily one chooses a moment of experience from which to look ahead,” Graham Greene once wrote.
Author Archives: Adam de Jong
Political stereotypes heal no social ills
Last Thursday we were reminded that every time a step toward social equality is taken, it becomes that much more obvious how far is left to travel until reaching the final destination.
The only thing that surprised this columnist was the low, low price that allegedly bought O.J. Mayo
If the allegation that Los Angeles events promoter Rodney Guillory provided former USC basketball star O.J. Mayo with nearly $30,000 in money and gifts while Mayo was still an amateur turns out to be correct, the fallout will likely lead to the firings of USC Athletic Director Mike Garrett and basketball coach Tim Floyd.
The media needs to initiate a deeper dialogue
More often than I would care to admit, I come across media coverage of an exceptionally salacious news story.
These elections aren’t worth my time
I have been implored by the Viewpoint editors to write the “negative USAC” column, given that the rest of this week’s coverage of the undergraduate student government elections in the Daily Bruin are by and large very enthusiastic about the candidates and the voting process.
Hot weekend refreshingly literary
I am fairly certain that I am not the only young man at UCLA who wishes he could write like Nabokov and was built like a truck.
Clinton trades identity for broad appeal
Watching last week’s debate between the Democratic presidential candidates in Philadelphia, I was trying to imagine what the 1973 version of Senator Hillary Clinton would think of her 2008 self.