Monday, February 2

Have yourself a merry little solstice

I’m with Bill O’Reilly on this. I’m tired of all this “Happy Holidays,” politically correct mumbo jumbo. Everyone knows December is about one holiday and one holiday only ““ there’s no need for plurals. Read more...



Don’t teach the gender gap

I like drawing, but that doesn’t mean I do it well. So I wasn’t too offended when my friend challenged me to draw a bicycle and found I couldn’t, but then she said, “See, that’s because you’re a girl.” She didn’t say this in a condescending or defeated way, but rather matter-of-factly. Read more...


Letters to the Editor

Student involvement needs to continue Mostafa Tabatabainejad may have been uncooperative; he may have been a little mouthy; he may even have been downright rude, but it remains that the university police’s response was disproportionate to his crime. Read more...



Letter to the Editor

Labor Center plays vital role on campus In “UCLA has no place funding labor center’s political agenda” (Nov. 3) David Lazar attacks the UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education. Read more...


Focus should be on police mind-set

It seems that after last week’s Tasering in Powell Library, everyone has become an expert on police conduct. Each student is ready to opine on whether or not a Taser actually hurts that badly, or on whether Mostafa Tabatabainejad was actively resisting the officers. Read more...