Friday, July 17

Letters to the Editor

Speaker inaccurately covered in article I was disappointed with the quality of reporting on Norman Finkelstein’s recent lecture (“UCLA calmly hears out controversial speaker,” May 24). Read more...


Israeli-Palestinian conflict can’t be reduced to one truth

Recent weeks have revealed the raw emotions that surround the Israeli-Palestinian conflict here at UCLA. The events surrounding Israeli Independence Day earlier this month sponsored by Jewish student groups, followed by this week’s “Israel and Palestine: Obstacles to Peace” sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine, the Muslim Student Association and others, make clear that physical distance from the Middle East does not dilute the passions very much. Read more...



The grad podium isn’t a soapbox

In order to graduate, you will sit through four years of tedious speeches. There are the boring, redundant lectures given at orientation that warn you not to cheat ““ complete with cheesy video footage of a student who not only got kicked out of UCLA for plagiarism but couldn’t even get accepted by USC afterward. Read more...


Letters to the Editor

Week’s speakers aim for violence, not peace I am deeply concerned about the choice of speakers chosen to headline this week’s programming, “Israel and Palestine: Obstacles to Peace.” Amir Abdel Malik is a radical who supports the suicide bombings of the Isreal-Palestine conflict, according to the Spartan Daily. Read more...