Category Archives: Opinion

Wednesday, November 13, 1996

Wednesday, November 13, 1996 FAULT: Athletic Director puts Bruins in bad shape by firing Coach HarrickBy Brian E. Harpuder The person who should have been fired is Athletic Director Pete Dalis and not Coach Jim Harrick. In his tenure as Athletic Director, Dalis has shown positively no leadership or common sense. Dalis, knowing full well […]

Wednesday, November 13, 1996 INVESTIGATION: School newspaper has duty to shed light on situationBy Eliot Hochberg During my five years at UCLA (1988­1993), I saw the dismantling of many of the nation’s top sports programs. During that period, I wondered if there was an appreciation for the prestige that such programs brought to universities. I […]

Wednesday, November 13, 1996 ETHICS: Harrick’s firing a question of integrity, high moral standardsBy Warren Hoppe Isn’t it ironic that the same week we re-elect a president assumed by the majority of the electorate to have little or no personal integrity, some students at UCLA believe "a flawed character" constitutes grounds for dismissing a college […]

Wednesday, November 13, 1996 Kirra Steel First-year English student About his firing, I think it was warranted, because he did disobey the rules. Any violation has to be taken care of and it becomes significant when the bigger schools disregard NCAA rules. Small violations lead to bigger ones. I just hope that they give Coach […]

Wednesday, November 13, 1996 CANCER: Road to cure illuminates importance of family, belief in GodA very short while ago, my mom was diagnosed with a brain tumor, a meningioma to be exact. It was benign, but had grown to about the size of a golf ball, situating itself several inches above her left eye. One […]

Tuesday, November 12, 1996