Category Archives: Opinion

Tuesday, January 21, 1997 WESTWOOD: Village Center Project offers town a chance to rebuild its reputation, business coffersIs Westwood doomed to mediocrity? Student presence and interest in Westwood has declined dramatically since its heyday, which lasted from the ’50s all through the mid-’80s. If Ira Smedra has his way with the City Council, sometime before […]

Friday, January 17, 1997 CLARITY: Knowledge of various dialects can improve communicationBy Mike Severa While it excites me to see a public discourse about language, I feel I have to address some of the points Scott Sahlman made in his Jan. 10 article, "Standard English essential for conversational clarity." Scott, your general claim is that […]

Friday, January 17, 1997 Jealousy from Kariakin? Dear Rob Kariakin, wa wa wa, are you a little jealous because women are finally getting paid to do something they really love and you’re not? Or did some woman recently kick your sorry butt on the playground and now you’re crying? It seems hypocritical that you whine […]

Friday, January 17, 1997 PROFESSOR: Martin’s death invokes memory of valuable life lessonBy Warren Hoppe My heart skipped a beat today as I read the Daily Bruin headline "Computer science professor dies after 29 years of service" ­ somehow I knew immediately from somewhere deep in my gut that it referred to Professor David Martin. […]

Thursday, January 16, 1997 FAITH: Many people only follow religions out of fear of damnationMy aunt passed away shortly after Spring Quarter of my second year ended. While at the wake, I tried to focus on the solemnity of the moment and the grief that I felt obligated to possess, as though not having enough […]

Thursday, January 16, 1997 Retain standard English While enjoying my last few days of Christmas vacation I had the privilege of sitting in a couple of my daughter’s classes at UCLA. During our break my daughter, Nicole, her friend Weldon and I discussed Jioni Palmer’s column on Ebonics (Daily Bruin, Dec. 8) and the follow-up […]

Thursday, January 16, 1997 By the Rev. Peter Moore-Kochlacs We at the United Methodist Campus Ministry, which serves UCLA along with many others at the University Religious Conference (URC), are outraged at the attack the other day on Christian gays and lesbians. The Christian right continues to use inappropriate, out-of-date Biblical text to condemn them, […]