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 […]
Category Archives: Opinion
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 […]
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 […]
Finding cracks in the ivory tower
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 […]
Letters
Tuesday, April 23, 1996Searching for peace Editor: The Jewish community of UCLA is extremely saddened by the tragic events that have occurred over the past week in Lebanon. We, along with Israel’s leaders, including Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Consul General in Los Angeles Yoram Ben-Zeev, deeply regret and mourn the deaths of yet more […]
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 […]