Sunday, May 19, 1996 Survey of issues shows it’ll be a toss of the old coin The Republican primaries are over and now it’s Bill Clinton vs. Bob Dole, one-on-one for the whole enchilada  the presidency of the United States of America. Unfortunately, the choice is looking more and more like a pick between […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Letters
Monday, May 20, 1996 Ousting Clinton Editor: How far to the right will Clinton go before the left finally decides enough is enough? He supports the barbaric practice of capital punishment, he out-and-out lied about ending the ban on gays in the military, and, in his role as loyal lap dog to Florida’s right-wing Cuban […]
Stitching a different kind of story
Friday, May 17, 1996 Discontinuous form of writing challenges the elitist hierarchies I used to wish the wound would heal quickly, so the pain would stop. But I’ve come to accept this star-shaped scar in the middle of my gut. Sometimes the star wraps its arms around my insides, pressing my stomach into my lungs […]
Tearing down the brick walls of sickness
Friday, May 17, 1996 To face the truth is to learn how to love oneself and othersBy Martin Swisher Harris The other day I was eating a chicken sandwich, French fries and a soda from Campus Corner. I was just casually conversing with this dude about the Magic Johnson situation. The next thing you know, […]
Letters
Thursday, May 16, 1996 Whose opinion? Editor: Dean Robin Fisher says in his letter ("Deep questions," May 3) that the university is a democracy because it asks for students’ opinions. I ask my fellow students, has the university ever asked your opinion on university policy? Did it ask you if you wanted your fee money […]
Genocide without bullets
Wednesday, May 15, 1996 Demise of affirmative action appraochesBy Saul Sarabia This Sunday, UCLA’s School of Law will "celebrate" its last graduation before affirmative action is eliminated at the school. I had planned to join my peers in the graduating class, primarily as a way of sharing the accomplishment with my parents, who never completed […]
Shaking off the garbage, rising from the well
Wednesday, May 15, 1996 Those who survive adversity can help others do the same What do you do when as a child you’re abused? When you’re whipped with an extension cord until you bleed. When you bleed so bad that the bath water turns red. What do you do? What do you do when your […]