At the core of “Professors’ job is to challenge popular thought”(Feb. 2) is the idea that the university’s purpose is to challenge conventional wisdom. If this truly was the role of higher “education,” universities would be little short of disasters. Read more...

Male, female RAs on each floor helpful Two resident assistants on each floor is a good idea if there’s one male and one female RA (“Too many roles, too little time,” Jan. Read more...

Last week I read a front-page story in the Daily Bruin about a student’s campaign to expose the left-wing bias of UCLA faculty. He wanted these “radicals” investigated for turning the university into “a base for a political fanaticism” that sought “student recruits.” They questioned the president’s claims that the war was spreading democracy, and fighting the enemy there so we wouldn’t have to fight them here; they wanted the troops brought home. Read more...

A new trend has developed in the validating of religion ““ pseudoscience, the attempt to veil subjective religious beliefs with objective scientific theory. Intelligent design proponents have been filing lawsuits across the U.S. Read more...

“I wanted to ask if you could tell me where my clitoris is. I think I know where it is, but it doesn’t feel good when it gets touched. Read more...

President Bush said we need to develop new energy sources. Do you think we can replace oil within 20 years? Tamara Bendahan First-year, microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics Yeah, I think if we really provided the funding and looked into the different sources I think we could. Read more...

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