Have yourself a merry little solstice

I’m with Bill O’Reilly on this. I’m tired of all this “Happy Holidays,” politically correct mumbo jumbo. Everyone knows December is about one holiday and one holiday only ““ there’s no need for plurals. Yes, I’m talking about the time-honored pagan celebration of Yule. All those pseudo-holidays such as Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa have merely […]

Trust me, I’m a Daily Bruin columnist: Column 1

Mostafa Tabatabainejad is totally guilty. Some may say it’s premature to make conclusions about the incident last Tuesday, in which Tabatabainejad was stunned with a Taser five times in Powell Library after refusing to follow the orders of university police officers. But I don’t think that’s jumping to conclusions. It’s more like passing judgment over […]

Trust me, I’m a Daily Bruin columnist: Column 2

Last Tuesday night, after refusing to show his BruinCard to university police officers, UCLA student Mostafa Tabatabainejad was viciously stunned with a Taser five times. We barely had to wait until morning for the Internet to become abuzz with premature accusations and unsubstantiated speculation. Our parents’ generation had to wait around for days for silly […]