Chirpers of the world beware: That tweet last week ““ the one about your drunken liaison with the neighbor’s garden gnome while bound by the grips of Bacchus and Bieber ““ will live on in immortality, well beyond your paltry years.
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
Westwood Village, apartments need improvements
Last week the apartment below mine was blasting “Pon De Floor” so loudly that the snares on my snare drum were rattling. While this anecdote reveals that I keep a drum kit in my living room, that still does not make me the most annoying resident in Westwood Village.
College admissions system stifles creativity, limits academic freedom
The case of UCLA’s increasingly competitive admissions is hardly a secret. While the rising average GPA and SAT score of the incoming freshman classes impresses many current students, I am apprehensive.
Tea Party shows signs of confusion
April 15 was Tax Day, and the budding Tea Party movement took full advantage of the opportunity to promote its message with rallies across the nation.
At UCLA, slow and steady won’t win the race
In the timeless fable of “The Tortoise and the Hare,” the slow and steady tortoise unexpectedly defeats the overly confident hare in a race.
Coulter proves to be quite the comedian
Ann Coulter is a joke.
Student volunteers should pursue interests, not material incentives
Somewhere between my sophomore year of high school and my third year of college, I have successfully transformed myself on paper.