When all is said and done, where do you draw the line between comedy and blatant offensiveness? Here’s where I’m drawing it. The February issue of Vanity Fair Magazine which features the lovely Salma Hayek on the cover, contains an advice column titled “Ask Dame Edna.” Now, I love satire and comedy as much as the next person. Read more...
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March 5, 9:00 pm
Dame Edna’s ethnic slurs not funny
Opinion
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March 5, 9:00 pm
Black gender gap needs to be filled in
What will happen to successful black women who graduate from UCLA? Will they date and marry black men who might be on a lower educational and financial level? Read more...
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March 4, 9:00 pm
Speaks Out
Will you participate in today’s walkout? How effective do you think it will be? Seena Samimi Fourth-year, political science “I am not necessarily pro-war, but I am also not really anti-war either. Read more...
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March 4, 9:00 pm
Scarcity issue includes USAC’s budget, not just parking spaces
The Daily Bruin’s unsigned editorials should be required to have some semblance of consistency. While last Friday’s editorial on the parking problem professed the board’s complete understanding of parking scarcity, the other editorial on the Undergraduate Student Association Council’s budget decision, which appeared right above it, was devoid of any economic sense whatsoever. Read more...
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March 4, 9:00 pm
D.A. must continue LAPD investigation
Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley recently announced he is concluding his investigation of the Rampart Scandal because the testimony of an officer involved in the scandal had not implicated any additional officers. Read more...
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March 3, 9:00 pm
Professor's perspective: Family vendetta doesn’t warrant war
The threat of incurring the wrath of much of the world, the start of a major war and an irreversible cultural conflict rests on the irritability or impatience of a single man who has never shown much interest in the world or its cultures. Read more...
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March 3, 9:00 pm
UCLA actively supports academic innovation
The Daily Bruin is right when its editorial board suggests (“Administration needs to focus on teaching,” Feb. 13) that a top priority for UCLA is to continue to create and support innovations in undergraduate education. Read more...