As a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and former Marine Officer, I read with great interest the recent articles regarding the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy by the Daily Bruin Editorial Board (“Please ask, please tell ““ the quiet is taking a toll,” Feb. Read more...
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February 23, 9:00 pm
Military policy fosters dishonesty
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February 22, 9:00 pm
Letter to the editor
South Campus grading should be re-evaluated I completely agree with Emily Eder (“For whom the bell curve tolls,” Feb. 21). The curve system threatens you with failure for the entire duration of the quarter (failure for a graduate student is less than a 3.0 grade point average). Read more...
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February 22, 9:00 pm
Students can act against nuclear threats
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in October 2005, “They say it is not possible to have a world without the United States and Zionism. But you know that this is a possible goal and slogan.” Five concerned UCLA students have gathered to discuss what, if anything, can be done in reaction to these threats. Read more...
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February 22, 9:00 pm
Create your own path to success
There’s a crucial turning point in every student’s life. It hits around 3 a.m., eight pages into a 15-page paper, or when you’ve finally found the results to a lab experiment that took four times longer than it should have. Read more...
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February 22, 9:00 pm
Speaks Out
How important do you think it is for death row inmates not to feel pain during their executions? Shira Moses Third-year, art history “I think that they should feel some kind of pain ““ not inhumane pain, but it shouldn’t be a comfortable death because that’s part of the punishment.” Eric Stevens Third-year, political science “I would say it is important that we treat them humanely when we’re going to execute them, because we’re executing them for a crime so we need to hold ourselves to a high standard.” Sepideh Afshar Graduate student, microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics “I think that nobody deserves to go through pain, but we all have to pay for what we have done, so justice needs to be served.” Read more...
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February 22, 9:00 pm
Teledildonics ““ sounds like a great future
Teledildonics. It’s my new favorite word. Try saying it a few times fast. Awesome, right? It’s almost as awesome as what it means ““ the combination of telepresence (the experience of being present in a real-world situation remote from your actual physical location) and sex. Read more...