Despite a tense atmosphere, the undergraduate student government made significant decisions ““ ranging from campus to global issues ““ with an air of agreement at its meeting Tuesday night as the dust settled from a turbulent past few weeks. Read more...

Academic Senate unprofessional I find the action of the Academic Senate to be out of line and unprofessional, as shown in Tuesday’s News article, “Academic Senate opposes war.” Rather than spend their valuable time researching or teaching, about 200 faculty members decided to stage a closed-door, special meeting to approve a resolution condemning a war that is coming to an end ““ a war that has liberated millions of Iraqis. Read more...

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...

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...

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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...