Whatever your personal feelings about Ward Connerly, chairman of the California Civil Rights Initiative Campaign and a UC Regent, or affirmative action may be, it is imperative that you understand the consequences of the Racial Privacy Initiative because it simply goes too far. Read more...

Each student at UCLA is connected through one common inescapable bond: the manic need to study until our eyes bleed. Have you ever caught yourself saying “I have to study” when confronted by a social situation? Read more...

On Veteran’s Day, America honored the women and men who served their country by promising allegiance to the United States, and proved it in armed combat. But while our veterans have proven their loyalty to our government, our government has not proven its loyalty to them ““ particularly the Pilipino soldiers who fought during World War II. Read more...

The Charter of the United Nations states it will “ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest.” But as it stands now, armed force is not used save in U.S. Read more...

In our multicultural world, international links are established through travel, economy and politics. However, we at UCLA do not necessarily have to go on the road to make these connections; we ourselves make up a colorful, vivacious quilt. Read more...

The last time the United States bombed a suspected weapons development facility, they destroyed a pharmacy in Sudan. In Afghanistan, the United States accidentally bombed what they thought to be an al-Qaeda affiliate ““ it was a wedding. Read more...

It’s politics as usual in Israel. Early last week, Israel’s Labor Party left Ariel Sharon’s unity government in a dispute over budget allocations. Sharon was then forced to make a decision: he could either invite fringe right-wing parties to join his government or he could call for early elections. Read more...