Category Archives: Opinion

Wednesday, November 6, 1996 MERGERS: MCAT test prep companies pressured to sell out, goal of helping forgottenBy Todd S. Bennett On Tuesday, Oct. 15, the article titled "Test prep utopia: Hyperlearning to merge with Princeton Review’ was featured on page three of your paper. An interesting omission was that the MCAT division of Hyperlearning, which […]

Wednesday, November 6, 1996

Wednesday, November 6, 1996 Administration should cooperate What concerns me a lot more than the possibility of a five-day strike by UCLA’s TAs, tutors and readers is Associate Dean Robin Fisher’s thinly-veiled threat to fire SAGE members who participate in the union’s work stoppage ("SAGE faces possibility of one week strike," Daily Bruin, Nov. 1). […]

Wednesday, November 6, 1996 L.A.: From "Singled Out" to Venice merchants, city has a lot to offer visitors And so I shall briefly descend from my vaunted soapbox, and pass my mighty pen to two esteemed colleagues, members of two of America’s finer institutions of higher learning, the Universities of California and Michigan. From faraway […]

Tuesday, November 5, 1996 UCLA: Elections inspire thoughts on intriguing issues around UCLAAhhhhh, the long awaited election day has dawned upon us yet again. And yes, I too am caught up in decision making as our nation exercises its hard earned right to vote. And as I make dutiful decisions as to which propositions to […]

Tuesday, November 5, 1996 PRESIDENT: Clinton’s scandals could make him candidate for impeachment in second termAmericans should not cast their votes today without devoting some thought to a very serious question ­ are we electing a president that we will eventually impeach? After all, the campaign that is now drawing to a close is striking […]

Monday, November 4, 1996 PRESIDENTIt is difficult for the Daily Bruin editors to enthusiastically endorse any of the current presidential candidates. Although strong arguments can be made for each of the running politicos, all are devaluated by considerable shortcomings. Bob Dole, for example, holds what we feel are insupportable views on topics such as education, […]