Stopping grammar school gender bias key to equality By John Beck After reading your article on the proportion of male and female professors ("UCLA professorships still dominated by men," Jan. 19), I felt that I needed to comment on one thing. There is a quotation by a female student, Carrie White, that says, "Probably women […]
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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor Listen to Karen Editor: I hope the Daily Bruin pays close attention to the message conveyed by Karen Loeschner in her letter ("Delete his disk!," Jan. 12). The pathetically infantile manner in which Kim ("Putting the man back in manpower," Jan. 10) denigrated feminism with his stereotypical images of women was […]
Talk show ‘truths’ in new age of information alternative information source
Talk show ‘truths’ in new age of information alternative information source Ridiculous programs offer comic views Information. We live in an age of information. Whether an e-mail addict or a daily reader of the news, we can’t get enough information. So it is that I, too, am part of this generation of information junkies. I […]
Friends, fine food and four rooms
Friends, fine food and four rooms From buzz saw horror to Kimchee delight, off-campus bliss requires two ingredients It was during the summer after my senior year of high school, on a particularly hot and humid day, that I found myself on the UCLA campus. On this specific occasion, I was in the Housing Office […]
Police actions: Some blues are not colorblind
Police actions: Some blues are not colorblind LAPD encounters marked with racism "They knew damn well I did it … But there was nothing they could do about it. Most of the guys worked 77th (Street Division) together. We were tight. I mean, we could have murdered people. We all knew what to say." – […]
Letters
100-year reunion Editor: St. Vincent Home in Freeport, Ill., will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year on July 21. Over 26,000 children were served by the orphanage, operated between 1896 and 1973. We wish to locate as many of these former residents as possible so we can invite them to join our centennial festivities and […]
Letters
Letters to the editor Sexist context Editor:I was truly disappointed in Princeton Kim’s article, ("Putting the `man’ back in manpower," Jan. 10). Unfortunately, Kim seems to belong to that fine group of men who believe that all women sew, all feminists are lesbians, all women blame emotional distress on PMS, all feminists want to take […]