Author Archives: Joel Schwartz

The Undergraduate Student Association Council and the Los Angeles City Council are guilty of theft. And while it might not be inherently obvious that they have committed a crime, a quick analogy explains their gross misuse of power and misappropriation of student and citizen funds. Imagine yourself an employee of a company where your job […]

I have decided to abandon my common condemnation of all entities governmental and focus on some very positive items that have yet to be tackled by our newspaper. Namely, in a time where worldly popular opinion and moral ambiguity rule, there are those with enough guts and forethought who will ultimately go down in history […]

Westwood has not been a welcoming place these days. In the Village, business owners are asking for more police protection from loiterers and potential thieves. On campus, a dead body has been found, a sexual assault has occurred, and, most recently, two students in the Saxon Residential Suites were robbed at gunpoint by two as […]

What a pleasure it is to see free speech in action. Thousands of Americans have crowded the streets recently to protest the imminent war on Iraq. Flocking toward popular areas and government buildings they bare signs such as “Do you want to die for Exxon?” or “War is not the answer” or the ever popular […]

I believe the declining scores of black students in dilapidated schools is directly due to integration. After all, blacks should not have to compete with their superior counterparts. Of course, I really don’t believe that, but if I dared utter such ignorant claptrap, I would immediately be branded a racist, there would be a public […]

Those familiar with my columns may be surprised to hear that I am angrier and more concerned about the Republicans than the Democrats. After all, most rational Americans have come to expect the conglomerate of special interests’ socialist policies and moral failings. But at least the Democrats are consistent and openly embrace socialist legislation that […]