Today marks the second annual Universal Health Care Lobby Day, an event organized by members of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) at colleges across the state. More than 300 premed students are taking leave from memorizing the steps of glycolysis to travel to Sacramento to advocate universal health care. These students, though, are proposing […]
Author Archives: David Lazar
Iraqis can be unified through separation
Saddam Hussein’s execution is a pivotal event, one which calls for a re-evaluation of the positive consequences of the American-led invasion of Iraq, as well as our present strategy of attempting to rebuild Iraq. The U.S. has achieved several crucial accomplishments in this war, primarily the liberation of millions of people, which are downplayed in […]
Conservatism doesn’t always cover the naughty bits
Republicans and sex. The two rarely seem to belong together, save for recent Congressional scandals. After all, a common conception of Republicans is that they’re a rather prudish group. For many, particularly on the West Coast, the title brings to mind a vehemently religious type who is undoubtedly waiting for marriage. Even in the context […]
Beware of easy knee-jerk reactions
In my opinion, he was asking for it. When Mostafa Tabatabainejad refused to present his BruinCard in Powell Library when asked during a routine check by Community Service Officers, scoffing at them and police, it created an uproar, the fallout of which has graced airwaves and prompted headlines internationally. Whether or not the police used […]
We can’t afford to criminalize expression
Details of bathroom-stall vandalism graced the front page of the Daily Bruin on Nov. 2. Under the headline “Anti-Semitism marks UCLA,” the paper reported an incident in which someone wrote “fuck Jews” on a Kerckhoff Hall bathroom stall and drew swastikas. Sensationalist headline aside (the incident itself suggested that anti-Semitism characterizes our campus no more […]
UCLA has no place funding labor center’s political agenda
Funded by Californian taxpayers and the university since 1964, the UCLA Labor Center’s purpose is to “bridge the university and the Los Angeles labor community,” according to director Kent Wong. However, the center’s activities ““ one-sided advocacy work for union interests ““ are inappropriate for a department funded by the university which exists to benefit […]
Battle of the Columnists: David Lazar
Governor: Arnold Schwarzenegger. Regardless of whether Phil Angelides or Arnold Schwarzenegger wins the governor’s race, a Democrat wins. Schwarzenegger has recently been taking stances often championed by the Democrats on issues such as minimum wage law and global warming. Angelides has been left with his thumb in his mouth. In fact, Angelides has made the […]