With the ongoing controversy over admissions policies in the UC system, it is clear we are far from having adequately addressed the role of race in university admissions. Read more...

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...

Alan Dershowitz, an attorney, writer and Harvard University law professor, sat down with the Daily Bruin on Wednesday to discuss the Middle East. “¢bull;”¢bull;”¢bull; Daily Bruin: What do you think about “anti-Israel” campus groups you have encountered, and how would you respond to them? Read more...

Semiconductor integrated circuits have been the principal force for economic growth during the past half-century. These circuits have allowed for the creation of many important products such as personal computers, cellular phones, the global positioning system, medical instruments and many others. Read more...

A wise old entrepreneur named Ralph von Albertson once said, “If I need ’em that bad, I’ll pay ’em that good.” Several days now into the Southern California grocery workers’ strike, it is becoming clearer and clearer this fictitious character is a man of his word. Read more...

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Should applicants with less than a 1000 on the SAT be admitted to UC Berkeley? Is the SAT a good measure of success? Alex Robinson Graduate student, geology “As a whole, I think the SAT is a rather flawed indicator of potential performance in college as well as for overall intelligence, so there may be justifications for Berkeley using other means to accept students other than SAT scores. Read more...