The U.S. Supreme Court will decide in April whether or not to ban universities across the nation from considering race and ethnicity in their admissions process. Read more...

Do you think U.N. weapons inspectors should be given more time for investigation or did Colin Powell present enough evidence to go to war now? Sam Rabadi Fourth-year, physics and math “I think Colin Powell hasn’t proved that Iraq poses a substantial threat to the United States. Read more...

It is a shame that Nastaran Khoshab’s submission “Occup-ation should not be celebrated” (Feb. 6) cannot understand why UCLA students would support Israel ““ a country that has dedicated itself to democratic ideals. Read more...

“Oh my god!” I heard myself saying this in disbelief as I read “War with Iraq necessary to promote democracy” by Jorge Magdaleno (Feb. 3). Since Magdaleno’s submission was loaded with so many examples of American historical amnesia, jingoism and myopia, I have resolved myself to address only one sentence from his entire piece: “Yes, terrorists seek to destroy us because of who we (Americans) are and what we do. Read more...

The recent home-invasion robbery in Saxon Residential Suites and last year’s rape of a female student in a De Neve building represent a disturbing trend in the security situation of campus housing. Read more...

UCLA students are the future leaders of the most powerful and influential society in the world. It would be a crime to waste our intelligence, in which society has invested so much, on mere self-fulfillment. Read more...

Westwood has not been a welcoming place these days. In the Village, business owners are asking for more police protection from loiterers and potential thieves. On campus, a dead body has been found, a sexual assault has occurred, and, most recently, two students in the Saxon Residential Suites were robbed at gunpoint by two as yet unidentified assailants. Read more...