Category Archives: Opinion

Facing journalism’s new frontier UCLA, 1995. We live, work and study in a world of contradictions, conflicts and confusion. "Campus unity" was a rallying cry in undergraduate student elections last spring. Yet few would dispute the fact that there is a serious lack of community connectedness here at UCLA. This is a problem not only […]

Christian Right aims to undermine diversity By Lisa Martinez As part of the debris swept in with the Republican tidal wave last November is the idea of the government putting its stamp of approval on school prayer ­ a very bad idea. As an individual, I am not hostile to religion or spirituality. I unequivocally […]

Support the environmental struggle ViewpointBy Chris Dupont Whatever station you watch, whatever paper you read, one of the most important political stories today is the Republican Revolution. This November, Newt Gingrich and his conservative followers were swept into office on a platform of social and economic reform. One of their targets promises to be the […]

Government’s ‘idiotic’ policies block African Americans Everyone seems to be concerned with affirmative action ­ the supposed solution to the troubles facing black Americans which is being so hotly debated. Advocates of affirmative action see the small number of African Americans enrolling in colleges, their puzzling absence from the list of Fortune 500 CEOs and […]

Fraternity key gives ‘legacy’ a bad name By Liane Pritkin Who the hell does Noah Balch think he is? I was disgusted after reading the article regarding his arrest for breaking into Professor Fred Luk’s office ("Fraternity student’s life altered by arrest," Jan. 24). I didn’t know who to get mad at first: Noah, the […]

Memories of dad as Erik Estrada … young and old "What a drag it is getting old." ­ The Rolling Stones "Mother’s Little Helper" Some of my worst memories are of junior high ­ being in the seventh grade and getting thrown in the showers by the eighth grade cholas, never knowing how to apply […]

Untangling misconceptions about affirmative action The following is a revised speech made at the Jan. 19 UC Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco by York Chang, the UC student association affirmative action committee chair. By York Chang The debate over affirmative action has existed since its conception, and some tough issues and problems do […]