Thursday, April 25, 1996 California senator weighs in on higher educationBy Michael Howerton Daily Bruin Staff As Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Higher Education, Tom Hayden has taken a leading role in investigating the issue of admissions favoritism in the University of California for the well-connected. In the past week, the California senator […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Student government self-serving
Thursday, April 25, 1996 By Brian E. Harpuder It never ceases to amaze me how much illegal liberalism the Undergraduate Students Association Council is allowed to get away with. All year, York Chang and his supposed "Students First!" allies have sponsored rallies, meetings, and advertisements for activities which are purely political in nature. This continues […]
Cloudy future looms ahead
Thursday, April 25, 1996 Alumnus status brings only junk mail, probing questions about life I’ve been preaching for several years about the merits of taking one’s time in getting through college. I’ve told almost anybody that will listen: sleeping people, infants, kidnapping victims. Many accused me of just trying to rationalize my own longevity in […]
Pez
Thursday, April 25, 1996Freefall into spring Editor: This letter is in response to Te-ie Lee, who lamented the loss of Mardi Gras ("Mardi Gras blues," April 15). Well, I have an answer to the problem! Mardi Gras may be gone … but UCLA’s oldest and greatest spring tradition is still around: UCLA Spring Sing is […]
Q & A with the Daily Bruin
Thursday, April 25, 1996 California senator weighs in on higher educationBy Michael Howerton Daily Bruin Staff As Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Higher Education, Tom Hayden has taken a leading role in investigating the issue of admissions favoritism in the University of California for the well-connected. In the past week, the California senator […]
Give me a shot of whiskey
Tuesday, April 23, 1996 On-campus bar would be ideal forum for student debate A good friend of mine recently returned from an internship in Washington D.C. He worked for 10 weeks on Capitol Hill, yet when I asked about the heated political debates that I was sure he had witnessed during his stay at the […]
Open your eyes to Democrat fantasyland
Tuesday, April 23, 1996 Republican Party’s fiscal plan is headed in the right direction for AmericaBy Mike Cooper After reading Darrin Hurwitz’s April 22 viewpoint, "Republican leader misleading," the first question that came to my mind was, "How much did the California Democratic Party pay him to have his ranting printed?" While pounding Republicans for […]