Category Archives: Opinion

Monday, April 22, 1996 Flurry of environmental activity can’t erase past Congressional recordBy Diane MacEachern This year’s anniversary of Earth Day may be marked by an unusual level of activity from an unlikely troupe of "environmentalists" ­ anti-environment members of Congress who have spent the last year systematically knocking the teeth out of the laws […]

Monday, April 22, 1996 Divide and conquer campaign won’t lure voters for electionsBy Darrin Hurwitz It is ironic, considering the Republican Party’s record on education these past two years, that state party Executive Director John Peschong would even consider organizing any sort of youth or college campaign this fall ("Taking California by storm of ideas," […]

Monday, April 22, 1996 Reform system, push harder to get recipients working In the winter of 1995, I joined a community service program that provided tutoring to adults at a local welfare site. This place helps adults on welfare improve their job search and employment skills. Over the past year, I have learned a lot […]

Monday, April 22, 1996Choking the chicken Editor: The Undergraduate Students Association Council wants to raise students’ fees by 75 cents in order to fund student groups who say they’ll lobby the university for ­ get this ­ lower reg fees ("Undergraduate council lobbies to raise reg fees," April 10). I guess that’s OK, assuming they […]

Thursday, April 18, 1996 Columbia University student activists vow to fight for Ethnic Studies implementationBy Daniel Gonzalo Alarcón The hunger strike at Columbia University is over. The five-day standoff in Hamilton/Liberated Hall is over. The struggle for Ethnic Studies is not. Negotiations with the administration began on Friday, April 12 and continued throughout the weekend. […]

Thursday, April 18, 1996 Undergrads should question validity of their representativesBy Erica Mannard As it does every Tuesday, the Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC) convened last week to discuss business, programs and yes, the ever-popular topic: Student Judicial Board Justice Noah Hochman. "Wait, wait," you say. "I thought that controversy was over. I thought the […]

Thursday, April 18, 1996 Time is a complex, nonlinear web of discontinuity Sleeping alone is no fun. That is to say, I miss my dogs and cats. Here in Los Angeles I am awakened instead by an impersonal alarm clock. Since it doesn’t purr hungrily in my ear, I don’t get up to feed it. […]