Friday, April 3

Editorial: USAC wise to delay decision on funding

The Undergraduate Students Association Council made the right decision to postpone a resolution Tuesday that could open up funding for dozens of independent student groups ““ many of which have inherently religious or political missions. Read more...


Poor students lack voice, ignored by campus

Among the mass of student groups vying for your attention on Bruin Walk, have you ever noticed the Poor Student Union? Have you heard the chants of hundreds of students at UCLA proclaiming “We are the deprived” or someone at UCLA actually saying that they are not from the middle class? Read more...



Looters destroy valuable Iraqi artifacts

When Bob Englund, UCLA professor of Assyriology, thinks about the looting of Iraq’s cultural sanctuaries, it saddens his heart. When American soldiers entered Baghdad this past week, their quest to liberate Iraq from Saddam Hussein’s regime immediately unbridled locals in an undesirable way ““ it gave them the freedom to loot and destroy thousands of years of Middle Eastern history, some of which Englund had personally worked with. Read more...


Speaks out

Is it right for professors to make a united stance against war? Is it relevant, especially now that war is coming to a close? Armhawan Darsone First-year, business economics “I really don’t think professors should offer an opinion on war because they have a direct influence on their students, and they could possibly steer students’ opinions, which I don’t think is appropriate. Read more...


Letters to the editor

Academic Senate polarizes campus The Academic Senate’s choice to condemn U.S. action in Iraq (“Faculty to take stance on U.S. war in Iraq,” News, April 14) is in distasteful disregard of the university’s responsibility to provide students with a safe learning environment. Read more...


Editorial: U.S. plays bully with threats against Syria

If there was any doubt that North Korea, a country that claims to have nuclear weapons and has publicly threatened the United States, was a more serious threat than Iraq, it was cleared up when American troops marched into Baghdad, facing only pitiful resistance. Read more...