Category Archives: Opinion

It’s the last day of elections: Where do you stand?

Wednesday, May 1, 1996 Hostile slate politics have only resulted in alienation and divisionBy Veronica Jordan I admit my ignorance. I am a first-year undeclared undergraduate who still has trouble finding Bunche Hall and honestly would not recognize Chancellor Young if I ran into him on Bruin Walk. But I want to be informed, and […]

Bruin Endorsements

Tuesday, April 30, 1996 Internal Vice President Glenn Inanaga Ambitious and experienced with a clear plan to: * Fight threats to on-campus housing meal coupon system and campaign to increase flexibility * Grade all candidates’ progress on promises with report card system published in student government newsletter * Develop student government visibility in dorms and […]

Feminists must juggle pornography with free speech

Tuesday, April 30, 1996 Individual and group rights clash in inevitable, but rectifiable, conflict The situation of women is not really like anything else. ­ Catherine MacKinnon, "Feminism Unmodified" Last Friday my significant other ­ let’s call him Paul ­ went on a weekend excursion with the boys. It was a bachelor party, so you […]

Let the race begin: a final approach…

Tuesday, April 30, 1996 Students First! slate has proven vision, experience ­ and results By John Du It’s springtime. The birds are singing. The bees are buzzing away. Amidst the beautiful weather and chirping birds, though, a team of students called Students First! is campaigning hard for the Undergraduate Student Association Council elections to ensure […]

Rebuttals

Wednesday, May 1, 1996 John Du The president must provide a clear vision for student government to focus on real issues that directly affect all students. A realistic plan must be holistic enough to include campus-based issues as well as state and national issues, including: campus-based student services such as the Scholarship Resource Center and […]

Campus attitudes next in line for reform

Monday, April 29, 1996 Awareness campaign necessary to improve treatment of disabledBy Pedro Ontiveros What about the disabled? With all the fervor that underrepresented ethnic groups speak with nowadays, you would think that they are the only marginalized group in society. Even though UCLA strives to make material accommodations for the disabled, I feel that […]