As spring quarter begins to unfold, you can expect an influx of articles and events surrounding the Undergraduate Students Association Council elections and may be approached by prospective candidates and their supporters. Read more...

The arrival of Denim Day on April 23 reminds us all of the harmful attitudes still prevalent about sexual violence. Denim Day was established in response to a 1999 Italian Supreme Court ruling that overturned a rape conviction simply because the woman was wearing jeans when she was allegedly attacked. Read more...

In UCLA alumnus Michael Schwartz’s April 18 submission, “Operation Iraqi Freedom frees oil, kills civilians,” he stated, “If it wasn’t for (the U.N. sanctions), the Iraqi people would have overthrown Saddam a long time ago” and the United States “starved the population (of Iraq) throughout the 1990s by inflicting brutal economic sanctions which killed half a million children.” Upon reading these statements, I was stunned, for I held the opinion that Saddam Hussein was responsible for the lack of regime change and for hundreds of thousands of Iraqi, Kuwaiti, Iranian, Israeli and Palestinian deaths. While Schwartz chose to blame the United States quite vociferously, I choose to place the blame solely where it belongs: on Hussein.  Along that vein, I am writing for those of you who may not know enough to make an informed decision regarding the nature of the United Nation’s past 12 years of sanctions against Iraq. Read more...

The UCLA Iranian Student Group would like to respond to Undergraduate Students Association Council President David Dahle’s irresponsible memo, where Babak Khamsi of the ISG is labeled an “enemy” (“”˜Manipulation is the key,'” News, April 9). Read more...

One of the Nazis’ first steps in liquidating European Jews involved establishing a quota system for education and employment based on population percentages. Under this system any person who belonged to a constructed group that held too high a proportion of seats was likely to lose his or her position. Read more...

Do you think the Iraqi people have been liberated now that war is drawing to a close? Do you think the U.S. government should take an active role in establishing a new government in Iraq? Read more...

What we’ve just witnessed wasn’t a war; it was a massacre. Iraq is a nation starved by years of war and economic sanctions. It was hardly a battle among equals. Read more...