Friday, April 3

Students recognize genocide

It has been almost 90 years since the Armenian genocide began, but according to many Armenians, justice has not been served. Today, UCLA students and people across the globe will remember the 1.5 million Armenians allegedly exterminated by Ottoman Turks between 1915 and 1922. Read more...


Letters

Discrimination against Greek system is unacceptable I find it interesting that a main point of the submission, “Denim Day helps to change stereotypes of sexual assault” (April 22), was an argument relating fraternities to date rape. Read more...




Getting drunk for fun not worth potential risks

Drinking on college campuses is a serious problem. Certain occasions are worthy of a few drinks, but when a person can’t be involved in a normal conversation, or seems to think doing his personal variation of the “monkey dance” is the most attractive thing in the world, the drinking has gone too far. Read more...


Vigil held for subcontracted workers

UCLA workers and students stood in a circle together, holding flowers and chanting “Si se puede (Yes, you can)!” The group of people were part of the Vigil for Justice in support of non-student workers who want to be hired by UCLA directly, rather than through subcontractors. Read more...


Political Perspective

Campus debates have called into question the extent of the faculty’s political activity Sandra Church Third-year, international development studies “It certainly can be detrimental to the classroom environment if the professor does not acknowledge that other views are valid.” Jimmy Savani Third-year, business/economics “I don’t think it is appropriate because the reason students go to class is to learn about the topics professors teach. Read more...