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Bombshelter conspires against South Campus By Ashkan Lashkari Most students destined to become future mathematicians, doctors and engineers at UCLA ­ those that gravitate to South Campus ­ must overcome some major obstacles in their path. For some, it’s grueling laboratory experiments and anatomical dissections, and for others it’s simply organic chemistry. But the challenge […]

Prop. 187 threatens faculty-student tie By Russell Moore Several weeks ago, an administrator, Kathleen Komar, wrote in these Viewpoint pages of the need for collegial relationships at UCLA. She did not want to see "outside" (meaning employee union) influences on the relationship between faculty and students. Although gravely misdirected, I agree with her basic claim […]

Question ‘majority rule’ beyond election day By Jeffrey Ow As an Asian American, a person of color, a Daily Bruin reader, a man and a person, I am thoroughly embarrassed for Nikao Yang’s verbal conduct ("My report on the superfluous Prop. 187 protest," Nov. 21). Appropriating the voices of Chicanos, African-American rappers, "English and forensic […]

Giving thanks … for being alive at UCLA Donald Carpenter-Rios It’s the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday, and like most things, the weekend had its ups and downs. There was plenty of football ­ that’s an up. There was plenty of turkey, potatoes and ham, and when I was stuffed there was plenty more of […]

Hey, pop quiz! Editor: In the spirit of upcoming finals and in response to James Fitzgerald’s article ("Reverse Prop. 187 via working-class movement," Nov. 22) and numerous others preceding it: Essay Question (use blue books to respond): 1. Why is it that the most outspoken poli sci undergrads on this campus all sound like the […]