Category Archives: Opinion

February 20, 1996’Star Wars’ innuendo reveal trilogy’s underlying purpose "Bart, Lisa, you tried really hard and you failed miserably. I guess the lesson here is never try." — Homer J. Simpson When I applied for a position as a Viewpoint columnist, I told the editor I didn’t want to write about any pressing social issues. […]

 February 20, 1996 University must protect against ethnic fraudRace-based admissions inaccurately affect American Indian representation on campus By Joe Nelson American Indians/Alaska Natives make up less than 1 percent of the UCLA population. There are 200 to 300 self-identified American Indians enrolled at UCLA each quarter. There are not 200 American Indians here. Most […]

 February 20, 1996 Letters Rise up and fight! Editor: As the struggle for education as a fundamental human right continues to escalate, we must narrow our focus and tap into our power as students. African and Chicana/o students are at risk of being obliterated from the face of a campus already plagued by disproportionate […]

Friday, February 16, 1996 Oppression is alive and well at home, afar Quran offers ways to deal with tyranny By Maryam Abdallah "… Oppression is worse than death." I must admit when I first read this statement, I was somewhat taken aback by the notion that anything could be less desirable than death. What surprised […]

A dirty mind is a hard thing to waste Men’s lusty thoughts are part of their carnal self By Chieh Li Chieng Daily Bruin Columnist In the wild, oft-dangerous realm of nature, male caribou sometimes engage each other in dangerous displays of combat in order to win the privilege of courting the females of the […]

Letters to the editor He’s no prince … Editor: Princeton Kim is a disgrace to the Asian American community. As one of the MANY, MANY Asian Pacific Islanders all over the world struggling for social change and community empowerment, I am personally affronted by Kim’s sexism and ignorance ("Putting the man back in manpower," Jan. […]

Program helps steer youths away from gangs Volunteers work to guide problematic children toward safe after-school activities By Walter E. Pineda Someday during the month of December 1995, I was walking into an apartment building and noticed a group of four kids hanging outside the front entrance. Unusually, these kids were squatting shoulder to shoulder […]