Advice from an expert: how to avoid Bruin Walk solicitors George Tsai Obstacles and obstructions. Everywhere you go around this campus, things get in the way of a happy, casual life. The pounding of the jackhammer at Royce. The roaring of the bulldozer in front of Ackerman. The long lines of Taco Hell and Murphy […]
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Innocence is ignorance: a battle with HIV
Innocence is ignorance: a battle with HIV By Randolph Meredyth Drake "Innocence is ignorance," Kierkegaard said. Too often we mourn the loss of innocence as an unfortunate yet necessary transition. I submit that this passage can be one of deliberate beauty. I was innocent once. For some time I did not quite understand the phrase […]
Lack of change, not miscommunication, is root problem
Lack of change, not miscommunication, is root problem By Ben Potter Undergraduate student president Rob Greenhalgh’s analysis of the IFC responsorship issue ("USAC must initiate more communication on campus," Oct. 20) is truly pathetic. Once again, the question of confrontation and miscommunication among student groups has been oversimplified, but I must say the rhetoric convinces […]
‘Crisis of the classroom’ pervades UCLA lectures
‘Crisis of the classroom’ pervades UCLA lectures By William Allen This article was previously published in the Summer 1994 edition of the California Political Review. I am a grumpy professor at a prestigious university. I am grumpy because I am a professor. For I do very little teaching; instead, I merely conduct classes. More accurately, […]
Dear Garner: believe it or not, feminism is about you, too
Dear Garner: believe it or not, feminism is about you, too Adena Chung Dear Garner: I’m totally descending into my vices of yesteryear. Or more like yestermonth. I’m smoking a Mild-7 as I sit on my Shakespeare book-brick (a monster text) wondering why I’m smoking instead of reading "A Midsummer Night’s Dream." I think it’s […]
Once again, violence hurts progress of peace process
Once again, violence hurts progress of peace process By Shirley Dloomy This article is written on behalf of the Jewish Student Union. On Oct. 19, in the heart of Israel, a Hamas terrorist carrying explosives boarded a public bus and did the same thing Baruch Goldstein did last spring  he maliciously took away the […]
Tel Aviv bombing must not shut off campus dialogue
Tel Aviv bombing must not shut off campus dialogue The powerful explosion that rocked Tel Aviv at 8:55 a.m. Wednesday sent shock waves rippling across the world. Twenty-two killed, 48 injured.Time zones away from the bombing, those figures fell on the heavy hearts of people in Los Angeles who mourn the continual violence plaguing the […]