Eli Karon Click Here for more articles by Eli Karon Adolescent girls love it, celebrities use it to raise money for charities, and old men drink before, during, and after it. Welcome to city-league slow-pitch softball … it’s faaaantastic. Slow-pitch softball puts the “fan” back into “fantastic.” Four was the exact number of fans present […]
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Cuba sanctions antiquated, ineffective
Mujtaba Ali mali@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Mujtaba Ali  President Bush recently affirmed that he would take a hard-line stance against Fidel Castro’s communist government and maintain the economic sanctions placed on Cuba 40 years ago. The sanctions against Cuba were originally intended to destabilize Castro’s communist government and eventually cause his downfall. […]
Break away from TV, become free
Kenny Chang Click Here for more articles by Kenny Chang In writing this column, I was about to go into another alternate dimension and talk about fictional characters from movies fighting. I would probably throw in a joke or two, make an obscure reference to some film or song that a few people know about, […]
School mascots not insulting
Ian Eisner ieisner@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Ian Eisner  The PC police are at it again. Thirty years after campus interest groups at Stanford pressured the university to change its mascot from an Indian to a tree, the California legislature has resurrected their cause. If overly-sensitive legislators have their way, all state […]
World Cup worth watching for fans and novices alike
Brian Thompson bthompson@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Brian Thompson  On May 31, the biggest sporting spectacle in the world will begin. No, it’s not the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Olympics or even Wrestlemania. But it gets more attention and a bigger worldwide audience than all of the others. It is […]
Democrats’ criticism of Bush misplaced
Joel Schwartz jscwartz@media.ucla.edu Click Here for more articles by Joel Schwartz Ever since Julius Caesar invented the strategy of divide and conquer, power-hungry tyrants have used fear and anger to turn good people against one another while simultaneously promising protection and happiness. This destructive tactic is alive and well in contemporary America where the Democrats […]
‘Clones: less kiss-kiss, more Jar Jar
Howard Ho Click Here for more articles by Howard Ho  May the Jar Jar Binks be with you. Welcome to another edition of the pedantic, indignant educational column, always ready to prove that hundreds of millions of dollars and high-tech special effects do not equal movie greatness. Today we are joined by Jar Jar […]