“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...

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...

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...

On Monday, the Bruin Republicans made a bold political statement on Bruin Walk, which the Daily Bruin chose to ignore. Our Affirmative Action Bake Sale was intended to drive home to students the absurdity of deciding college admissions by race through the pricing structure of the cookies we were selling. Read more...

Daily Bruin flubs facts I am disappointed by the lack of journalistic professionalism displayed in the inaccurate reporting in the editorial “Partisanism taints USAC appointment” (Jan. Read more...

This is the beginning of Black History Month and many students may consider themselves active Black History participants because they might reread the “I Have A Dream Speech,” because they remember George Washington Carver while eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, or because they have “black friends.” Then on March 1, students of all colors go back to their lives, forgetting how valuable black achievements have been to them every day. Read more...