Category Archives: Opinion

Overturn of election results violates democracy By John Du and Dan Ryu One by one the winners were announced. Two large groups gathered on the steps of Kerckhoff Hall to hear the results. One group stood, heads bowed and arms clinging to each other in a tight circle. They remained silent throughout the ordeal. From […]

A proposal to fulfill basic ASUCLA needs, cheap I shouldn’t have done it, but I just felt the urge at the time. I was hypnotized, my right hand uncontrollably grabbing tongs from several of the Plexiglass bins. By the end of the whole ordeal, I had emptied my wallet of $4.54 to walk out of […]

Not a victory, not an end to colonialism Editor: It was worthwhile of Luìs Farìas to correct the common misperception that the Cinco de Mayo celebration commemorates Mexican independence ("Celebrating the victory at Veracruz, end of colonial rule," May 5). However, a few corrections should be noted. The battle commemorated by Cinco de Mayo was […]

Affirmative action must right past wrongs By Aisha Jones When are white people like Marina Bogorad ("College admissions must consider ‘hard brain work,’" May 1) going to get off the tip that affirmative action programs assume "people of color are intellectually inferior"? Bogorad, your intellect is in question, first-year student, because you have failed to […]

The ruthless, futile politics of ‘bitchiness’ "Heather! Why are you such … a megabitch?" Shannen Doherty, in the role of Heather No. 3, rolls her huge blue eyes, purses her pouty red lips and focuses her "what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you" stare toward Winona Ryder, her dumbfounded interlocutor. With a semi-twitch of the head, Doherty replies as if the […]

An apologetic message to a preacher on Bruin Walk By David Fleck Yesterday I heard you shouting your message to the world. A crowd encircled you, some attentively absorbing your message, others ridiculing your temerity, still others learning. You opened your soul to me and the world, and I saw the opportunity for a sparring […]

Federal subsidies built forces that drive our economy By Michael Mahoney Reading Bruce VanDenburgh’s right-wing diatribe in the May 3 Daily Bruin ("The appeal of living in our right-wing country") reminded me (as if I needed to be reminded) what big whiners capitalists are. VanDenburgh, obviously fresh off a reading of Ayn Rand, seems to […]