Monday, 7/7/97 Mixed culture, no culture Assimilation of ethnic backgrounds often leads to disappearance of distinctions I am concerned about interracial relationships such as African Americans marrying white Americans. Although it would be dogmatic to assume that there is an absolute right or wrong choice to a personal decision such as this, I simply suggest […]
Category Archives: Opinion
‘I’m sorry’ just isn’t enough
Monday, 7/7/97 ‘I’m sorry’ just isn’t enough President’s gesture would only graze surface of race problem On June 15, while speaking on the campus of UC San Diego, President Clinton attempted to do something previous presidents of the United States have either completely ignored, or glazed over without serious attention. He addressed the "race problem" […]
Thumbs up/thumbs down
Monday, 7/7/97 Thumbs up/thumbs down Hoop dreams come true Thumbs Up to the Women’s National Basketball Association. Finally, the tremendous talent of women athletes is getting the exposure and compensation it deserves. Internet anyone? Thumbs Up to Bill Gates and the Microsoft Corporation for donating $400 million worth of computer software and technical support to […]
Bruin Talk
Monday, 6/30/97 Bruin Talk TALK: Pondering Bruin pride, the WNBA, height discrimination, sage advice and a hodge-podge of other news Well Bruins, this is my first official column – what that means I really don’t know. As of now, I’m only writing for the summer … so if you like what I do, e-mail the […]
As smoke clears, war must continue
Monday, 6/30/97 As smoke clears, war must continue TOBACCO: Hollow victory makes nation complacent, leads to more danger for future smokers By Derrick Z. Jackson Attorneys general for 40 states huffed and puffed. They blew a few shingles off the roof of Big Tobacco. The house still stands, and the tobacco wars remain this country’s […]
Do and don’t list to help you through this summer
Monday, 6/23/97 Do and don’t list to help you through this summer EDUCATION: Advice for academic success, ways to utilize campus, allows students to choose right path Hi! Welcome to Summer Session! I attended UCLA’s Summer Session once and, in a strange way, I envy you. Of course, the fact that I’m writing this article […]
Making the most out of college experience
Monday, 6/23/97 Making the most out of college experience OPPORTUNITY: UCLA offers new challenges, obstacles for students Swimming pools, arcades, movie theaters, gardens, gyms, pool tables and all the food you can eat. About the only thing I noticed that was different between the brochures for Club MED and UCLA was that one of them […]