Category Archives: Opinion

Thursday, May 9, 1996 Learn to love and appreciate her for all she means to you I’ll confide to you that this is difficult for me to write. I love words, but right now I’m at a loss for them. It’s like constructing a monument out of thin air, which, of course, would be impossible. […]

Thursday, May 9, 1996Rally lies Editor: On May 6, the Daily Bruin set a new standard for journalism. Everything you reported in "Anti-immigrant rally draws 200" was a complete misrepresentation of the facts. The rally, which numbered over 700 Americans (not 200), was anti-illegal immigration, not anti-immigrant. American Spring had nothing to do with the […]

Wednesday, May 8, 1996 Take into account health of actors and play-going audience By Dr. Richard P. Usatine I recently had the pleasure of seeing the UCLA theater department’s production of the Pulitzer Award-winning "Kentucky Cycle." The acting and direction were superb, and the play is a powerful and thoughtful piece that spans 200 years […]

Wednesday, May 8, 1996 You’d be amazed at what you can learn standing around I was standing in line the other day. Not at Murphy (surprise, I graduated), not at the bank (because I have no money), not at the grocery store (because my roomie Dana is a checker at Vons, and he’s the fastest […]

Wednesday, May 8, 1996 Nonrecognition backed only by poor excusesBy Bob Lee On his way from his Neuropsychiatric Institute lab to Murphy Hall, Dr. Robin Fisher suspended his quest for new scintigraphic methods applications and assumed the persona of the union-busting administrator, Associate Dean Robin Fisher. To enter Murphy Hall he had to abandon both […]

Wednesday, May 8, 1996 Union’s behavior not in keeping with proper conductBy Robin Fisher here there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth the law, happy is he." ­ Proverbs 29:18 The Student Association of Graduate Employees/United Auto Workers has mounted a major effort during the last few years to obtain union […]

Tuesday, May 7, 1996Zoning rip-off Editor: The Bruin article about the imminent price increase in parking passes ("Parking fees on the move," May 2) made me wonder why so little attention is paid to a related rip-off: the banning of student parking near campus, especially to the east of campus. The wealthy people who live […]