Monday, November 18, 1996 STRIKE: Attending classes does not show lack of solidarity with SAGEBy Kalpen Modi It’s about time that the students of the University of California took a stand against the passive administration that "serves" us. As undergraduates, we are taught mostly by graduate students. Academic student employees are responsible for grading, lessons, […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Actions, not accusations, needed for Chicano un
Monday, November 18, 1996 GUZMAN: Bitter words of columnist marginalize true activists’ dedicationBy Margarita Gonzalez The following counterpoint is submitted by Margarita Gonzalez, Chairperson of MEChA de UCLA on behalf of Movimiento Estudiantil Chacana y Chicano de Aztlan. In MEChA’s 27-year existence on high school and college campuses throughout Aztlan, our organization has never made […]
All Bruins have Ms. Right’s number
Monday, November 18, 1996 ROMANCE: Ground-breaking journalism reveals everybody’s consummate match to be URSA Hey, hey, UCLA! It’s Monday of eighth week, and do you know what that means? If you answered "Thursday is Thanksgiving," then you’re wrong. I’m sorry, but (shocking as it may seem) I don’t get to decide when we celebrate most […]
letters
Monday, November 18, 1996 Guzman correct in observations I am writing in response to Mimi Guzman’s article "Standing up to the political, cultural status quo." Finally, somebody from the Chicano (Mexican-American, Latino, whatever the hell you want to call us, we’re still human beings) community has voiced the opinion that most of us Chicano UCLA […]
UC’s empty promise: continued diversity
Monday, November 18, 1996 REGENTS: Eagerness to implement 209 endangers academic future of underrepresented studentsDo not accept the UC Regents’ doublespeak they they can maintain diversity here at UCLA after they delete their affirmative action policies. Despite their mollifying remarks (most likely fabricated by public-relations consultants and spin doctors) the regents are going to homogenize […]
Dehumanizing the enemy necessary for war
Friday, November 15, 1996 PATRIOTISM: Propaganda makes us want to kill, to blindly follow orders By Paul Biery "And 12 years later, the gatling I’d touched / That was strapped to the nose of a U.S. A-10/ Separated flesh from bone and honed its skills on ‘lesser humans’" – Propagandhi, "I was a Pre-teen McCarthyist" […]
One TA’s story in road to recognition
Friday, November 15, 1996 STRIKE: Lack of medical coverage for dependents turns lives upside downBy Lynn Svensson This coming Monday, I will join my fellow Student Association of Graduate Employees (SAGE/UAW) members in a strike. I will walk the picket line for hours each day, I will not teach or cross the picket line to […]