Affirmative action is ‘chance,’ not discrimination By Simone Robinson Okay, I’ve had it. I’m through, you have finally forced me to sit down and write to The Bruin. Yes, you’ve riled me before, but this is it! First of all, let’s get a few definitions straight. Unfortunately, so many of us "educated" people throw around […]
Category Archives: Opinion
Confessions of a recovering campus e-mail addict
Confessions of a recovering campus e-mail addict My name is Dawn, and I am an e-mail addict. I just got e-mail last quarter. I know, I know, I’m so late on the information superhighway that everyone has left me at the last rest stop, but can I just express my addiction to the wonderful thing […]
New ideas, not social ‘band-aids,’ combat racism
New ideas, not social ‘band-aids,’ combat racism By Randall Park James Lebakken’s Viewpoint article ("Is success in life a foot race or a state lottery?" Jan. 23) is yet another example of the problem of reaching for the apples of exception to support an argument. Lebakken takes great lengths to prove that affirmative action is […]
Special treatment doesn’t level the playing field
Special treatment doesn’t level the playing field By Daniel Su America has never been an even playing field, for one group or another, and affirmative action makes it even worse. That is not to discredit affirmative action entirely, however, for at its early stages many qualified African Americans and others were able to attain a […]
Donate blood and buy a keg
Donate blood and buy a keg By Brian Birkenstein I had a revelation the other day while sitting in Kerckhoff Coffee House. I was attempting to study, but my thoughts drifted to the party my roommates and I were planning for Friday night. The night before we had called Ralphs to inquire about keg prices […]
Right to education should not be ‘screwed’
Right to education should not be ‘screwed’ By Peter Simithka Until completely drunk with their hideous successes, Pete Wilson and his UC Regents adhered to their version of a Lincoln dictum: you can screw some of the people some of the time, but not all the people, all of the time. But things have begun […]
Westwood beautification what’s the crime?
Westwood beautification  what’s the crime? Okay, let’s play a little game, a game I like to call "Where’s Peter?" Here’s how to play. I give you some clues and you guess where I am. It’s as easy as a velcro prom dress. Here is your first clue: what rhymes with snail, inhale and ginger […]