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Letters to the editor Calling it like it is Editor: This is in response to Sonja Gedeon’s article "Toeing the Klan line," Oct. 31. I am proud to be a conservative. If she had said to my face that as a conservative I am an advocate of the Ku Klux Klan, it would have taken […]

Letters to the editor Topical melanin Editor:Up until today, I respected Aaron Howard for his strength and pride in the black community, but now some of that has slipped away. It seems he has chosen to give up someone he loves ("Interracial dating, social responsibility collide," Oct. 27) merely because of her skin color. Is […]

Letters to the editorMisleading million Editor: I am not affiliated with UCLA except that as a California resident I pay taxes to support it. I must point out some factual errors in the Viewpoint article written by John Shapley Oct. 24. The gathering of a million men in Washington, D.C. was not the largest civil […]

Letters to the editor Comprehensive coverage? Editor: I am writing this letter in hopes that some of you will take notice of the fact that several students at UC Irvineare dying [in support of affirmative action] as we speak. No matter what the cause they stand for, it is a tragedy for all students, faculty […]

Letters to the editor Chunk it Editor:In response to Michael Nazarinia’s article, ("Superchunk brings their populist punk to the Whiskey, " Oct. 23): Michael, pull your head out. I don’t know what your expectations were for the Superchunk you saw last week, but they were obviously very far off base. Superchunk punk? Ha. I think […]

Letters`Pro-choice’ Christian Editor:I am a Christian. I am involved with Campus Crusade for Christ. I am disappointed, but not surprised, at the standard antagonistic rhetoric that has surfaced recently from the ads we placed in The Bruin during Coming Out Week. I give Jonathan Petersen credit for his proactive and passionate response last Monday ("Do […]

Letter to the editorThird party of Westwood Editor:I am writing with regard to all the attention in the past weeks on the affirmative action walk out and rally, and the response it has drawn from students, professors and others. I am a student who wholly advocates grassroots organization and student involvement. I also believe in […]