David Burke Burke is a third-year English and political science student. E-mail him at burke@media.ucla.edu. Click Here for more articles by David Burke It’s ninth week and we all know what that means. Students are reaching the end of the lag between midterms and finals, and they are finalizing their class schedules for next […]
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Greedy college athletes merit a very modest proposition
Daniel Miller It has been said that Miller is the person he is today because he probably held leadership positions in high school. E-mail him at dnmiller@ucla.edu if you think leadership connotes arrogance. Click Here for more articles by Daniel Miller An upsetting problem plagues UCLA’s Athletic Department, and has beleaguered collegiate athletes for years. Oppressive […]
Past successes should earn Davis Democratic support
 David Burke Disagree? Send feedback and comments to Burke at dburke@media.ucla.edu. Click Here for more articles by David Burke In today’s Democratic primary, we are lucky enough not to be burdened by party lines ““ Democrats vote for Democratic candidates only. Because of this, I think that voters should focus on the reasons for […]
Waffling Riordan no match for Simon’s stable stances
 Andrew Jones Send your comments and replies to Jones at ajones@media.ucla.edu. Click Here for more articles by Andrew Jones The race for Republican gubernatorial nominee has been a strange one, involving two Republicans and, oddly enough, the incumbent Democratic governor as the wild card. The race reads like “The Jungle Book,” with the Gray-haired […]
Community colleges make a difference
 Idan Ivri Ivri is a third-year political science student just giving his opinion. E-mail your opinion to him at iivri@media.ucla.edu. Click Here for more articles by Idan Ivri For the past few years, UCLA has suffered from bitter arguments about how to create a diversity of race and background in the student body. The […]
Some aspects of the sports world hard to understand
 Adam Karon To petition against street sweeping or to treat Karon to lunch in the dorms, e-mail him at gianthater@yahoo.com. Click Here for more articles by Adam Karon Last Thursday I awoke with a start, a mix of adrenaline and anxiety blitzing through my veins. I fell six feet out of my loft bed, […]
“˜Defiant’ liberals actually conformist
 Ben Shapiro Shapiro is a second-year political science student bringing reason to the masses. E-mail him at bshapiro@media.ucla.edu. Click Here for more articles by Ben Shapiro College students think it’s cool to “buck convention.” Whether by defiling their bodies with tattoos or numerous piercings in strange places, or simply railing against big business or […]