Friday, July 17

Letter to the editor

Anti-Semitic incidents at universities unacceptable Students for Justice in Palestine would like to express its concern over the recent increase in anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli incidents on university campuses, discussed in “Jewish student protection advised” (April 6). Read more...


In battle of the minds, both sides win

I’ll never forget the day that I first experienced life as a North Campus major in the rough terrains of South Campus. When I revealed to an engineer in my math class that I was a political science and physiological science student, he scoffed, “Political science isn’t even real science.” This led me to explain how studying it is important because it governs law and society and to remind him that science is not the only factor driving world progress. Read more...



Letter to the editor

U.S. should try for ‘honest’ labor Kenneth Hurst seems to be misinformed on a couple points in his submission, “U.S. must not accept a bill of wrongs” (April 6). Read more...


Blood donor rules discriminate against gays

Earlier this week, the Student Welfare Commission hosted a two-day blood drive in an effort to assist with the national blood shortage. These blood drives would be even more effective if all people with healthy blood were able to donate. Read more...


Push UCLA to No. 1 at any cost

I will not rest until UCLA is the best in the country. It’s four days late for basketball, as we lost the national championship game, and my messages to the NCAA demanding a “do-over” have, as of this writing, remained unanswered. Read more...