Saturday, January 24

Anti-abortion ads shameful

I am writing in response to the anti-abortion advertisement in Westwood Plaza on May 12. I would like to address UCLA by saying that this was a display of offensive and doctored pictures. Read more...


Peterson case treated like prime-time drama

A tragedy occurred last Christmas Eve when Laci Peterson, who was eight months pregnant, mysteriously disappeared from her Modesto, California home. On April 14 tragedy struck again when her body, along with the body of her unborn son Connor, was discovered washed up on the San Francisco Bay shore. Read more...


Historical facts show Palestinians not “˜mere victims’

As a reporter who has traveled to and covered the news in the Middle East, I was utterly shocked and disturbed by Rebecca Steinfeld’s presentation of inaccurate historical facts and uncalled-for criticism of the Bruins for Israel (“Israeli independence also a Palestinian catastrophe,” May 9). Read more...


Budget mess not only students’

Virtually every state across the nation faces budget problems, but California’s deficit is by far the largest. When asked to comment on the state’s budget shortfall, California Assembly Speaker Herb J. Read more...



Subcontracted workers treated unfairly

Student activism at UCLA is growing. Students now have campus organizations fighting against sweatshops, war and globalization. They are coalitions devoted to the struggle for a more diverse university environment through the reinstatement of affirmative action. Read more...


Health care suffers due to war costs

Karen Brodkin’s submission (“Cost of war does domestic harm,” May 12) described numerous areas affected by the United States’ apparent readiness to use war as a solution to world conflicts rather than as a last resort. Read more...