Why ASUCLA food service is not worth the price By Jason Stewart Over and over again in the Daily Bruin’s front-page story, "Food price hike strikes familiar chord," ASUCLA board members and officials repeated the mantra, "these price increases are actually long overdue." The message is clear: be grateful they’ve held them so low so […]
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By William Kwan During the last time I spoke to my mom about a week and a half ago, I hung up on her when she stated that she and my father didn’t want me "walking the black road." I couldn’t handle her abuse. The whole thing started before I went to college. My mother […]
Try to stop labeling and dare to start caring
Try to stop labeling and dare to start caring Aaron Howard Something has been troubling me. Not for a long time, only for about five days or so, but I don’t know what to do about it. I feel as if I’m responsible, but I really know I’m not. Then again, maybe I am … […]
Confronting fears at the Men’s Clinic
Confronting fears at the Men’s Clinic Flat-Earth Society Robert Stevens Okay, I’ll admit it  I’ve taken an HIV test. This isn’t to say that I’m HIV-infected. In fact, the closest thing I have to HIV is HBO, and that’s back at home. That’s right, I’m currently clear of all sexually transmitted diseases and premium […]
Duran Duran’s latest album only takes you lower
Duran Duran’s latest album only takes you lower Teeny-bopper faves’ new takes on modern classics fails to impress By Michael Tatum Daily Bruin Senior Staff It’s like Ernest Hemingway said: if you can’t come up with a new idea, or a put a new spin on an old one, your art isn’t worth your time […]
Escape from New York
Escape from New York Life might be easier for comedian Janeane Garofalo if she stopped talking to the press. But she’s not about to shut up. Commenting frequently on her strained relations with ‘SNL’ has thrust her into the media spotlight. By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff Hundreds of articles have quoted comedian Janeane […]
Ex-agent gives inside view of Hoover’s FBI
Ex-agent gives inside view of Hoover’s FBI By Christopher Sullivan The Associated Press The day after J. Edgar Hoover died in 1972, columnist Jack Anderson wrote that the longtime FBI director had reformed "a collection of hacks, misfits and courthouse hangers-on" into a model investigative agency. But even this praise was tempered. "Hoover was scrupulous […]