Tuesday, April 2, 1996 Take initiative to secure affordable, quality educationBy Belinda Chen Again this quarter, your Students First! student government will offer free textbook loans as part of the Booklending Program. For the target classes, Physics 6A, Chemistry 11A and 11B, Math 3B, Statistics 50, Geography 5, Sociology 1, Biology 2 and Life Sciences […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Looking at past can provide view into future
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 […]
Administration tightens screw
Tuesday, April 2, 1996 Academic student employees’ grievances get ignored without contractBy Steve Alexander Academic student employees  teaching assistants, research assistants, readers and tutors  have virtually no means of objecting to unfair treatment at their place of work. The UCLA administration has a grievance procedure which flies in the face of basic democratic […]
Princeton Kim’s column spouts campaign mud
Tuesday, April 2, 1996 By Patrick Doyle Feeling so much school pride after reading Princeton Kim’s column ("Lack of pride tears apart Bruin unity," March 6), I figure that  as a fellow UCLA student  I should do something to help him out by declaring his candidacy for undergraduate president. In case anyone missed […]
New labor leaders prove unions are forces to be reckoned with
Tuesday, April 2, 1996 Recently elected AFL-CIO president endorses militancyBy Richard L. Lesher The election of John Sweeney to succeed Lane Kirkland as president of the AFL-CIO heralds a new era of militancy in which organized labor will mount a concerted effort to reverse its sagging fortunes. Without question, Sweeney assumed the helm of the […]
Coach potato culture impedes democracy
Tuesday, April 2, 1996 Voters need to focus on political issues, not sensationalism The other day, I was strolling down Bruin Walk when I saw a huge crowd of people gathered around a man in a bow tie. He yelled that 75 percent of college students would rather argue about Sydney’s future on "Melrose Place" […]
Letters
Tuesday, April 2, 1996 Shining light Editor: Recently, I lost someone so very dear to me. This person didn’t die, but completely turned his back on me. This was my very best friend whom I trusted, loved and depended upon. There’s nothing wrong with trusting and loving someone, but to depend on a person to […]