Category Archives: Opinion

Friday, April 5, 1996 Foreboding clenches my stomach as my sister and I sit in the backseat of my father’s car. Tension fills the silence. Suddenly my father whirls around in the driver’s seat. A knife glitters. He grabs our palms, slashes them with the knife. I am struck by the feeling of my flesh […]

Friday, April 5, 1996R-e-s-p-e-c-t Editor: I am writing to express outrage and disgust ­ but not surprise ­ at the vicious beatings of undocumented workers by Riverside County sheriff’s deputies. The images in newspapers and on TV screens of peacekeepers brutalizing Mexicans are not unfamiliar to Mexican immigrants or to Mexican Americans ­ or to […]

Thursday, April 4, 1996 Recent police violence gives white, middle-class ameriKa eyewitness to opressionBy david aguilar Let’s get into it! Kurtis Franklin and Tracy Watson of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department obviously felt threatened and sensed extreme danger for all ameriKans that hedges were to be trimmed, pools to be built, lawns to be mowed, […]

Thursday, April 4, 1996 Editorial There are many roads by which a student is admitted into UCLA. For the majority of students, their Scholastic Aptitude Test scores and high school grade point average play a deciding factor. Some departments may have additional requirements, such as auditions for theater arts students. Even athletes must demonstrate excellence […]

Thursday, April 4, 1996 Regent Connerly defends ‘equality’ as minorities suffer Until now, I’ve kept my mouth closed. I’ve decided to let others wage this war. I’ve kept myself from being drawn into this debate, because I knew it would arouse my innermost passions and unleash my anger. I wanted to let others be on […]

Thursday, April 4, 1996Not foolin’ Editor: Upon reading the April 1 letter from Chancellor Charles Young to the UCLA community, happiness rumbled in my stomach and tears filled my eyes. I saw a new community opening before me. The chancellor proposed to change the university from a locus of elitism and domination to one of […]

Tuesday, April 2, 1996 Beyond names and dates, history gives lessons on humanity One cold winter’s night not so very long ago, I found myself alone in a local bar, waiting for a few friends to arrive. To pass the time, I began to jot down some notes for a history paper I was writing […]