Saturday, July 18

Ethnic data must be specific, not rigid

The way our schools and government collect data on race and ethnicity is severely flawed "“ just ask any Persian or Arab who has been categorized as white, any mixed-race person who has been told to choose one race to identify with, or the progressive visionaries who finally had the UC admissions data on Asians and Pacific Islanders divided into 23 distinct categories. Read more...






Letters to the Editor

Speech and debate has untold history I was very pleased to read of the UCLA Speech and Debate team’s successes on Tuesday (“Speech and debate team gains steam,” News, May 27). Read more...


Cell ban lacks teeth

On July 1, a law banning California drivers from having a conversation on a hand-held phone will go into effect. The law will have two big side effects: It will increase sales of Bluetooth technology and illustrate how sadly ineffective our state government is. Read more...