Pauley pepper spray policy perilous
Pauley Pavilion needs to change their policy on pepper
spray. The other night when I went to the UCLA v. San Diego
basketball game, I was very upset to learn that the pepper spray I
carried for protection on campus would not be allowed in and would
be thrown away. I understand why it shouldn’t be allowed
into Pauley, but as a female student walking to the basketball game
in the evening and then back to my apartment much later the same
evening, there is no reason why I shouldn’t be given my
pepper spray back after the game. Having my pepper spray taken away
and thrown out for no valid reason puts me in danger. For the
Pauley security staff to not understand that is ridiculous.
Something needs to change.
Vi Huynh
Fourth-year, sociology
GOP views safe in the Homeland
As big a fan of Joel Schwartz as I am, I must take issue with
his conclusion about the Republican Party (“Republicans
abandon traditional views,” Dec. 2). The creation of the
Department of Homeland Security does not signify abandonment of the
GOP’s traditional small-government values.
The Department of Homeland Security will condense about 100
agencies into a cabinet department that the
president will be able to have more control over. Such a
reorganization will effectively downsize the security policy
bureaucracy, not expand it.
The fact remains that the Republicans are the only people in the
country still in favor of returning the country to the people with
lower taxes, higher standards of living, freedom in education
(vouchers), and a more conservative, tough-on-crime judiciary
to serve the purpose that this country was created for ““
freedom, prosperity and equality.
J. Daniel Williams
Second-year, chemical engineering
Local news coverage much improved
Congratulations to the Daily Bruin for its strong coverage of
campus and local news this year. Your new emphasis on original
reporting by staff members is catching the eyes of off-campus media
as well as the UCLA audience. Apparently the Los Angeles Times,
which trimmed its local focus when its “Metro” section
became “California,” noticed your piece about how the
Westwood Village business improvement district’s recent audit
determined that most of its funds are missing.
Of course, it would be nice if the Times article (Dec. 1) cited
the Bruin for breaking the story ““ but at least you know
their editors have made your paper required reading.
Russell Johnson
Biomedical library