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Affirmative action must right past wrongs By Aisha Jones When are white people like Marina Bogorad ("College admissions must consider ‘hard brain work,’" May 1) going to get off the tip that affirmative action programs assume "people of color are intellectually inferior"? Bogorad, your intellect is in question, first-year student, because you have failed to […]

The ruthless, futile politics of ‘bitchiness’ "Heather! Why are you such … a megabitch?" Shannen Doherty, in the role of Heather No. 3, rolls her huge blue eyes, purses her pouty red lips and focuses her "what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you" stare toward Winona Ryder, her dumbfounded interlocutor. With a semi-twitch of the head, Doherty replies as if the […]

An apologetic message to a preacher on Bruin Walk By David Fleck Yesterday I heard you shouting your message to the world. A crowd encircled you, some attentively absorbing your message, others ridiculing your temerity, still others learning. You opened your soul to me and the world, and I saw the opportunity for a sparring […]

Federal subsidies built forces that drive our economy By Michael Mahoney Reading Bruce VanDenburgh’s right-wing diatribe in the May 3 Daily Bruin ("The appeal of living in our right-wing country") reminded me (as if I needed to be reminded) what big whiners capitalists are. VanDenburgh, obviously fresh off a reading of Ayn Rand, seems to […]

Respect UCLA: Clean up after yourself! By Gina Shaw I am so proud of the UCLA campus that I often brag about the school to my friends who attend other universities. I believe this campus is one of the most beautiful anywhere. Of course, this is based on my view of the campus before the […]