Sunday, July 7, 1996 Active participation the best medicine for election-year malaiseBy Mark Gerzon As this election year heats up, our citizens are inundated with negative advertising, fake facts, well-financed accusations and indignant denials. In this toxic environment, is it any wonder that many Americans choose to stay home? Please don’t. Our democracy needs you. […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Personal change imperative to end sexism
Sunday, July 7, 1996 Misogynistic ideas so pervasive, reform rests with individual Here’s a trivia question: What do NWA, IFC, UCLA and CCRI have in common? Each of these acronyms have to do with sexism, oppression of women, and misogyny. There is a serious climate of hate against people of color and women in this […]
Speaks out
Sunday, July 7, 1996 "I think that there should be some way to make sure that there is working-class representation at the government level … Even someone who is really liberal, like Bill Clinton, is essentially an aristocrat, and lobbying doesn’t just quite cut it." Quynh Nguyen is a history/Asian American studies student. "Colin Powell […]
Letters
Sunday, July 7, 1996Play controversy mirrors identity Editor: I was surprised at the paucity of relevant biography in John Digrado’s piece, "Seven walk out over actor’s race; students oppose Caucasian’s role in production on Frida Kahlo’s life" which appeared on the front page of the Daily Bruin on Wednesday, May 22. Apparently the walkout was […]
Sex, drugs and showers: Too little, too late
Monday, July 1, 1996 Experienced Bruin dispels dorm myths When I first got into UCLA, I thought I was in paradise. Finally, I was beginning my new life as a Bruin, far away from my parents and all of those dorks in high school who were now scrambling for jobs at McDonald’s and looking for […]
Athletes no longer play for love of game
Contemporary sports dominated by individuals’ need to rank as highest paid Throughout his career, Magic Johnson has been regarded as the ultimate team player. During the 1980s he was part of five championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. I grew up watching Magic, along with Larry Bird, make basketball what it has become today. But […]
Letters
Bruin ad renders harmful symbols Editor: I couldn’t help but be a bit confused by your June 3 (page 18) ad for Assistant Editor of the Daily Bruin which begins "Don’t be a peasant!" and which supposedly illustrates this point by depicting a foreground image of a woman riding side-saddle on a slow horse. She […]