Do you think there should be a state alcohol tax of five cents above the wholesale price of every alcoholic drink sold? Why? Andrea Yocum First-year, sociology “I am against an alcohol tax because it’s someone’s own fault if they get themselves in the hospital. Read more...

When National Public Radio did a sample questioning two weeks ago, several Americans responded by saying that if more than 10 Americans died in a war with Iraq, it would be akin to disaster. Read more...

I want peace. I love peace. I would pay any price necessary to attain peace. Yes, even the price of a morally waged war. Without morally waged war, black people would still be wrongfully enslaved in the South (case in point: U.S. Read more...

History tells us that there are no real victors in the battlefield; we are all losers as we not only kill or maim soldiers and innocent civilians, but also cause irreparable damage to the environment. Read more...

I commend the Daily Bruin’s editorial on the memory of Cindy Rabuy “Rabuy’s model service should be remembered” (April 4) for setting her as a prime example of a student activist. But I wanted to highlight another aspect of Cindy I think we can all learn from: her capacity to be loving. Read more...

When I graduated from UCLA in June 1995 I wondered, while sitting among thousands of fellow graduates, if my work would make a difference in the world. Read more...

F or many people, the term “Ground Zero” was newly added to our vocabularies that terrible September morning. However, a couple of years earlier, I had learned about the first Ground Zero. Read more...