Category Archives: Opinion

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Sorority women should stand proud Greek life presents opportunities to enrich academics, social experience while forging lasting friendships I am a sorority woman. For some reason, telling that fact always merits an odd reaction. I understand that people might be astonished or offended, given the publicity received by the greeks and their past antics. Still, […]

Letters Student leaders, not gods Editor: How brown is Brooke Olson’s nose after writing the article on York Chang ("York Chang speaks out," Feb. 5)? She noted that this left-wing radical holds the most influential office in undergraduate life. This is not true – undergraduate government, maybe, but not life. I am not influenced at […]

Rock finds roots in black history African Americans give gift to world through passion, soul of music By Aaron Howard As we enter Black History Month, a month of reflection and celebration, I want to talk about the gift that African Americans gave America. Oh no, I’m not talking about our backs, which we gave […]

Regents threaten student voice New proposal signals dangerous trend to limit say in future of university education. Bruins must speak out against blatant exclusion from process. Sometimes it seems the more things change, the more they really do stay the same. Take, for instance, the issue of university students’ power over their own education. Whether […]

Unions help workers govern their lives Joining SAGE empowers employees in academia By Sonja Gedeon It’s really rather strange; our entire lives seem to be centered around work. We work to help pay for school and we go to school so that we will be better able to work. However, while the actual activity of […]

Who’s afraid of the big, bad Democrat? Beware of friendly liberals, embrace Republicans on trip through electoral forest While many students on the UCLA campus contemplate their choice of candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, the topic of political parties may enter their minds. In these United States, there exist two primary political parties, the […]