Monday, February 2


A guide to giving gifts along party lines

During the holiday season, most people are filled with goodwill. Except for me. My fellow political aficionados will understand what I mean. As your family sips eggnog together Christmas Day, it will be impossible not to rub the recent congressional defeat into your Republican uncle’s face. Read more...


A guide to giving gifts along party lines

During the holiday season, most people are filled with goodwill. Except for me. My fellow political aficionados will understand what I mean. As your family sips eggnog together Christmas Day, it will be impossible not to rub the recent congressional defeat into your Republican uncle’s face. Read more...


Goodbye Starbucks, hello Ritalin

Would you rather drink a pot of coffee or pop a tiny pill? Are you a big fan of rereading the same page over and over again, not absorbing any information whatsoever as you glance at the clock and realize hopelessly that there’s no way you’ll be ready for your exam by 11 a.m.? Read more...


Letters to the Editor

Police brutality taints celebration The police’s aggressive actions at the conclusion of the UCLA-USC game were an embarrassing mark on UCLA athletics. During what should have been a celebration of an amazing win, the police at the Rose Bowl aggressively sprayed pepper spray, hit people with batons and threw people to the ground. Read more...


Letters to the Editor

Time-honored rivalry takes a back seat The Bruin Bear is hibernating. Why else would a 2-ton piece of aluminum foil be hiding underneath a specially tailored tarp? Read more...


Homelessness is everyone’s problem

Westwood’s colorful collection of indigents tends to shape most students’ view of Los Angeles’ homeless population. It’s easy to think, for instance, that the panhandler on Broxton Avenue is representative of the 80,000-plus people who spend any given night in the streets, parks and shelters of our city. Read more...