Take your education for a new ride

UCLA has taught me valuable lessons. For instance, sweatshirts are particularly useful for smuggling food out of the dining halls, and most skateboarders will not fall (surprisingly enough) when going down the hill on Charles E. Young Drive. These on-campus lessons are somewhat trivial, unlike the life-altering education I have received from one of the […]

Not even a white night can save Congress

Scandal. Betrayal. Illicit secrets uncovered and juicy details revealed. Oh, if only the drama taking place in Congress was as inconsequential as the soap operas it mimics. Unfortunately, the stories on the news do affect us. It is hardly surprising that in the latest edition of the Daily Bruin’s “Speaks Out” (Jan. 19) every student […]

Governor’s candor should be praised

Politicians everywhere have a new role model: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Please, ignore your disbelief and your urge to laugh for just a moment. Yes, during this past year his term did bear an uncanny resemblance to a disaster. He drained our debt-ridden state of precious funding when he sponsored November’s special elections. Then, in response […]