The affirmative action debate is a very complex issue that requires careful analysis of concepts like privilege (i.e. white privilege), educational inequity, meritocracy and access to higher education. Read more...
Opinion
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October 29, 9:00 pm
Affirmative action aims to fight disadvantage
Opinion
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October 29, 9:00 pm
S.U.R.E. slate has lost its vision
On Oct. 14, I submitted to Students United for Reform and Equality a letter of resignation. I would like to explain the reasons for that decision and clarify how I plan to move forward with my goals as an unaffiliated councilmember. Read more...
Opinion
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October 27, 9:00 pm
Speaks Out
Do you think smoking should be banned on public beaches? Brandon Jeong Fifth-year, mechanical engineering “I think it is OK if they ban smoking at beaches. Read more...
Opinion
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October 27, 9:00 pm
Bush’s plan kills preschool program
Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger will be in Washington, D.C. today to meet with California lawmakers and Republican House and Senate leaders. “I will be known in Washington not as the Terminator but as the Collectinator,” he said, according to The Los Angeles Times, which reports that he actually will probably not receive much federal money at all. Read more...
Crime, Opinion
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October 27, 9:00 pm
After shooting, frats must be more careful
Not every party at a fraternity house is a fraternity party. The practice of renting out chapter houses to third parties has become commonplace at UCLA and other college campuses ““ where fraternity houses are privately owned and operated ““ as a means of raising funds for the chapters’ various activities, programs and house needs. Read more...
Opinion
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October 27, 9:00 pm
Editorial cartoon
Opinion
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October 26, 9:00 pm
Letters to the editor
Accusations of plagiarism not fact Had Sarah Weir (“Dershowitz article should reveal allegation,” Oct. 24), actually attended Professor Alan Dershowitz’s appearance at Royce Hall last Tuesday, she might have felt no need to fault your reporter, Jennifer Murphy (“Alan Dershowitz discusses “˜The Case for Israel,'” News, Oct. Read more...