One of my favorite scenes in “Fight Club” is when Tyler Durden drags a convenience store cashier behind the store, puts a gun to his head and asks him what he wanted to be when he was in college. The cashier says he wanted to be a veterinarian. Tyler takes the cashier’s driver’s license and […]
Author Archives: David Burke
Democrats’ silence only aids the dark side
If Darth Vader ran for president he would be a Republican. Think about it. Vader spent most of the original trilogy building an enormous weapon called the Death Star that could destroy planets with a single blast in order to expand his empire and control the entire galaxy. Now, this is not to say that […]
Conservative attacks on media hypocritical
According to conservative author Ann Coulter in her book “Treason,” “the fundamental difference between liberals and conservatives is conservatives believe man was created in God’s image; liberals believe they are God.” If that’s the case, Coulter will have difficulty explaining why conservatives went berserk playing God last week ““ acting as the almighty arbiters of […]
Look for liberal converts on family tree
Every time I sit down to write a column, I get a bad feeling. You see, I’m a liberal college student, and I want to influence people and make the world a better place with my writing, but most students at UCLA already agree with me. If I bash President Bush and say he’s a […]
Political process is worth your time
It’s hard to care about politics. I know because I’m a political science student, and there are times when I get bored out of my mind studying politicians, analysts, pundits, pieces of legislation, court rulings, executive orders, treaties, secretaries of state, primaries, caucuses, delegates, districts and vetoes. I know our nation’s leaders can seem soulless […]
Honors priority enrollment system flawed
Do you have priority enrollment? I certainly don’t. Despite being a senior with only two classes needed to graduate, I didn’t have my first pass until Thursday morning, after many third-years, second-years and, gasp, first-years had already enrolled. Keep in mind that the first-years who enrolled before me haven’t even been here for a full […]
Vending machine debacle epitome of blatant stupidity
I picked up the paper on Monday and read about the overwhelming stupidity of UCLA students, faculty and administration in their decision to bring in and then likely remove a vending machine kiosk at the cost of $100,000. Since the two things I enjoy most are writing viewpoint columns for the Daily Bruin and using […]