Category Archives: Opinion

Mother Earth deserves priority By Jim Swarzman Crime, gun control, health care, affirmative action, immigration. Each of these are important issues, and have received much attention lately. But all of these things are inconsequential compared to the possible effects of the human race not developing and maintaining proper stewardship of our plant Earth. And a […]

Westwood mayhem may signal Orwellian future By Rolando Locci We became a community again on April 3, 1995, but the police turned us into criminals and battered victims. I remember … I wanted to eight-clap until the morning, but they wouldn’t let it happen. As I leapt and screamed next to a thousand of my […]

Ready for a spring quarter etiquette lesson? By Alexander Zwick Now that spring quarter is just beginning, students and teachers, let’s take a look at your behavior in lecture. First of all, a lot of you don’t understand the concept of a lecture. It’s not social time. It’s a time to learn. Sure, I’ll give […]

A freshman’s nightmarish residence hall tale Adrienne Martinez I spent my very first night at UCLA in a guy’s room. We fell asleep watching TV and when his roommate saw me for the first time, I was nestled in the covers snoring. In the morning I modestly dashed back to my own room, robe flying. […]

Police mar Bruin celebration By Joey Gil, Shoshanna Nakelsky and Judy Tejero It was such a great day. There were no clouds over the entire state of California. O.J.’s alleged bloody glove was revealed in court. And UCLA won the 1995 NCAA Basketball Championship. We were all peacefully celebrating at the corner of LeConte and […]

Westwood retailers prevented great celebration By Patrick Burns Riots in Westwood? Flashbacks to April 1992? Hardly. Unfortunately, Bruin basketball fans got a little rowdy in Westwood Village Monday night after seeing their team win the national championship. But, for comparative purposes, what happens in big cities where professional sports franchises are on the verge of […]

Color theory reveals error of identity politics Peter Hamilton WARNING: Do not read this column if you take life seriously. I had to preface this column with a warning label because I am amazed at how seriously everyone is taking themselves over identity politics. I’m a this, you’re a that. Me, me, me, you, you, […]