Category Archives: Opinion

Thursday, 4/17/97 Just say off: Confessions of an ex-TV addict Video junkie learns just how much precious time, life can be wasted on televison One of these days, Alice, one of these days … The boob tube, the idiot box, the fertile loam of couch potatoes. Marshall McLuhan called it a "cool medium." Newton Minnow […]

Thursday, 4/17/97 Let’s face reality Inner-city gang problems need action instead of an ‘Us-against-them’ mentality By Scott Lunceford Daily Bruin Staff In a fractured city, where the struggle to stop gang violence seems futile, 20-year-old Jeremy Estrada becomes an emblem of hope. After spending his teenage years with a gang in East Los Angeles, Estrada […]

Wednesday, 4/16/97 Realizing impact of African Student Union After years of hatred, member finds himself fully supporting campus organization By Martin Swisher Harris At 1:30 a.m., beginning the most important essay that I have ever written doesn’t make much sense. It seems like from the moment I got up this morning, my day has just […]

Wednesday, 4/16/97 Lohmann head by Robert P. Lohmann New York Times When I was studying Japanese in San Francisco, I wondered what they did in Japan for Ohanami, the spring festival that takes place with the flowering of the cherry trees. Ohanami means ”flower-viewing,” and before I came here, I could only imagine crowds of […]

Wednesday, 4/16/97 Black Nationalism promotes concept of racial solidarity Common experience of racism fosters sense of a shared identity He believe that our communities must be the sources of their own strength politically, economically, intellectually and culturally in the struggle for human rights and dignity … The Afro-American community must accept the responsibility for regaining […]

Wednesday, 4/16/97 A Menacing Cloud Shadows Humanity Eliminate negative biases reigning over society, embrace the differences of one human race Hate. Odd how some words possess so much meaning. Hate bears the burden of causing bitterness, resentment, pain and fear. It manipulates entire nations and fosters an unfathomable amount of distrust. Hate embodies racism, homophobia […]

Tuesday, 4/15/97 Thanks to Robinson, a new fan is born First man to break baseball’s color barrier inspires writer To be completely honest, growing up, the one sport I thoroughly hated was baseball. I despised it, thought it was utterly ridiculous. Grown men trying to hit a ball with a stick and running around in […]