Mujtaba Ali mali@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Mujtaba Ali  Last December President Bush announced that the United States would unilaterally walk away from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty signed with Russia in 1972. The treaty prevents the two countries from implementing defense systems that shoot down incoming missiles before they reach their target. Bush’s […]
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Postmodern generation lacks guiding voice of music
Anthony Bromberg abromberg@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Anthony Bromberg  We are a voiceless generation. We are unimportant, listless and meaningless. For the time being. I hate to say it, but there’s nothing going on here, not for us. Our generation, whatever you want to call it, is directionless. We don’t have any […]
Grade inflation widens GPA gap, hurts grad admissions
Ian Eisner ieisner@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Ian Eisner  Not too long ago, earning an “A” grade in college actually meant something. But today, a growing number of universities are relaxing their standards and acting like students are somehow entitled to only the highest marks of achievement. This outbreak of grade inflation […]
COLUMN: Sports lover realizes new goals, widens playing field
Brian Thompson bthompson@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Brian Thompson  Once upon a time, I made a vow to some friends that I would never, ever write another soccer column again. “What’s wrong with you?” they would ask. “Why do you like soccer all of a sudden? It’s un-American.” I used to badmouth […]
Campus Left, Right guilty of petty branding
Joel Schwartz jschwartz@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Joel Schwartz  I love the smell of a protest in the morning. That sweet aroma of student rebellion as tens of voices yell simple catch phrases in unison as they lock-step march down Bruin Walk. That mildewed fragrance of racial or ideological superiority rooted in […]
Hollywood swoons for Brits
Howard Ho hho@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Howard Ho The Redcoats are coming! The Redcoats are coming! Welcome to the overzealous (sometimes even jealous) educational column, where the colonization of the mind is overthrown through peaceful discourse. Today I’m joined by a bunch of little kids who are versed in the Shakespearean language […]
Sheltered students could benefit from exposure to the homeless
Doug Lief Click Here for more articles by Doug Lief  Bob Dylan wrote, “when you ain’t got nothin’, you got nothin’ to lose,” a lyric that went through my head as I watched the homeless man in the electric wheelchair zip through four busy lanes of traffic like a rolling stone. Perhaps it was […]