Thursday, January 29

Lottery’s benefits a mega-myth

Thursday is Thanksgiving, when you will likely gather with friends and loved ones around a prodigious pile of food that would feed a sub-Saharan family of 27 for a fortnight, and, between forkfuls of stuffing, reflect on all in this world for which you are thankful. Read more...


Bush deserves recognition for compassion

The libertarian/capitalist wing of the Republican Party has been furious with President Bush and his policies. Pat Buchanan wrote an anti-Bush book, and in a Los Angeles Times article, former Reagan staff members and advisers denigrated his policies in favor of aiding the impoverished overbalanced budgets. Read more...



Excessive spending, fees cheat students

Whether you’re politically active, chronically jaded or basically apathetic about campus issues, the latest vote by the UC Board of Regents should have you grabbing your signs, Berkeley-style, and getting some serious protest on. Read more...




Letter to the editor

UCPD street light advice not feasible I find university police spokeswoman Nancy Greenstein’s encouragement to walk in well-lit areas ridiculous and virtually impossible in the Village. Read more...