Social criticism not anti-American During our weekly Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance meeting, discussion turned to David Lazar’s column (“Your money funds terror,” Feb. 27) accusing the Social Justice Speaker Series of misspending the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s funding on “people who hate America.” We all agreed that while the speakers of the Social Justice Speaker Series freely express their criticisms of the United States, they should not be branded as “anti-American.” After all, it would be nearly impossible to find a well-informed person without any criticism of some aspect of the American system. Read more...

People are touchy about their food. If a cookie falls on the floor, many of us don’t think twice before we toss it in the trash. Read more...

Does anybody remember those annoying anti-smoking posters plastered in every single classroom of our K-12 education? You know, the ones where a grotesque inside-out woman (who looks worse than anyone your parents tried to set you up with) eyeballs you with a woe-is-me repentance, leaving you to fathom whether you still have a soul after having taken a drag of a menthol at a New Year’s Eve party? Read more...

Enrollment for spring quarter has started for most UCLA students this week, but an increasing number of students are finding themselves boxed out of classes they need. Read more...

Many children who grow up in urban areas are surrounded by poverty-stricken communities where expectations are low, sports activities are not encouraged, and joining street gangs is seen as “the thing to do.” Expanding sports leagues in inner-city neighborhoods, therefore, would help provide urban youth with a sense of belonging, role models, discipline and exercise. Read more...

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People who hate this country are speaking on campus ““ and you’re paying for it. Beginning Jan. 16, the Undergraduate Students Association Council general representative office has been hosting a weekly Social Justice Speaker Series. Read more...