Cigarettes affect more than the smoker In his column (“Hey Mom, can I finally buy a smoke?” Feb. 28), Isaac Gonzalez implies that, as an overprotective parent, Associated Students UCLA is trying to prevent students from smoking by refusing to sell cigarettes on campus. Read more...

It’s hard to be different. It’s even harder when someone fires you for it. Steve Stanton, the popular and well-liked city manager of Largo, Fla., is being fired by the city council for announcing that he plans to start dressing a little differently in the next few months. Read more...

The recent donation of $4.2 million to UCLA for the study of embryonic stem cells left me saddened. I’m upset not because I wanted more money, but because that money could have been used to fund other avenues of stem cell extraction that aren’t morally questionable. Read more...

College students today face many daunting costs in financing their education. Many of these costs are justified by how expensive it is to run a university. Read more...

White-privilege talk ignores real issues As Tristan Reed points out in his column (“Admitting white privilege first step to equality,” March 5) we must be “frank” when discussing racial inequality. Read more...

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Israel has made every effort to end the violence plaguing the region, though some would have you believe otherwise. Hillel at UCLA director Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller moderated a speaking event Feb. Read more...