Learning doesn’t need to be fun, interactive After reading Lana Yoo’s column (“Professors should explore new ways to engage students in lecture,” Jan. 30) I felt the need to advise readers not to readily buy into the latest platitudes such as “interactive style of teaching.” I truly can’t stand it when teachers call on students to answer a question they have posed. Read more...

I’d like to think of myself as politically active ““ that I care about the world around me, the impact my country is having on other countries and the social inequalities no rational person can deny exist. Read more...

“˜No Ordinary People’ campaign ineffective Human trafficking and sex trading are unforgivably atrocious actions and have absolutely no place in modern society. However, I think the way the “No Ordinary People” campaign was approached last week was ineffective. Read more...

The notion of a “right” to health care is merely a perversion of the concept of rights. Any system that seeks to fulfill this “right” is, ironically, a system that violates the actual rights of almost everyone involved. Read more...

“What does USAC stand for?” I asked some fellow students in Ackerman Union. The most popular answer was “Uh … .” Some people tried to take a good guess. Read more...

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Reading some of the professor reviews on BruinWalk is like reading death threats. They read something like, “AVOID THIS PROFESSOR AT ALL COSTS!!!!! The lectures are boring, terrible and only good for doing crossword puzzles.” However, the real culprit for ineffective learning is not the professor but rather the restrictions of the traditional lecture setting. Read more...