Stand-tough regents set leadership standard Board thwarts Atkinson’s attempts to delay policy on race-based admissions By Jerry L. Martin and Anne D. Neal Constitutional lessons have been much at issue recently in the University of California system. First, the Board of Regents debated and disposed of race-based admissions, finding that such policies violated UC students’ […]
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Congress’ attack on direct lending leaves millions in cold
Congress’ attack on direct lending leaves millions in cold By Richard W. Riley Students from colleges in the Mid-Atlantic area gathered on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol recently to voice a simple plea to members of Congress: "Students, not banks!" The congressional leadership, however, has sided with special interests and their lobbyists on a […]
Letters
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Power to heal Editor: Chieh Li Chieng’s thoughts on the trials and tribulations of "pre-med" students at UCLA ("Pre-med blues: beyond MCATs," Feb. 2) may have provided many readers with some comic relief (as it did I). Upon further reflection, these are serious matters to consider. Chieng is correct to suggest […]
Job fair just too close to real world for this columnist
Job fair just too close to real world for this columnist Clean underwear, suits, authority all forbidden words Wandering around the campus the other day (at a time when, in theory, I should be in class), I stumbled upon something. It was something I did not expect, something I feared. It was the UBS (Unidentified […]
Lefties: targets of an unaddressed bias
Lefties: targets of an unaddressed bias Deliberate repression causes undue frustration in classes, labs, workplace By Brendan Whyte Recent articles on alleged discrimination by the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), campus admissions and faculty hiring have caused a little controversy, but I would like to bring to you a case of deliberate bias against 10 […]
Letters
ROTC injustice Editor: Regarding the dismissal of Cadet Huong Nguyen from UCLA’s Reserve Office Training Corps (ROTC) program for proclaiming her bisexuality: It’s outrageous that in this day and age such a thing could happen. Why does the university, which has been on the cutting edge of knowledge and progressive thinking in matters of human […]
Don’t throw away tradition, save the “L” for the children
Don’t throw away tradition, save the "L" for the children Undemocratic change of tradition is threat to Bruin unity as UCLA ritual falls to revisionist trend By Tim Burke and Brian Wachowicz UCLA traditionalists, there is something terribly amiss on today’s Bruin campus! Our grand tradition is on the verge of death, and with it, […]