Maybe I’m too cynical, but I just fail to understand how most people on this campus can care so little about what is going on in the world. Read more...

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Ackerman Union doesn’t really hold much community value for many students these days. It’s very useful: Students can go there to eat, get their hair cut, play video games and buy books. Read more...

Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante was accused last week of poor attendance at university board meetings by state Sen. Bruce McPherson, R-Santa Cruz. McPherson, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in this November’s elections, said Bustamante attended only 17 percent of University of California Board of Regents meetings and only 4 percent of California State University Board of Trustees meetings. Read more...

Californians have always been independent thinkers, but two recent state laws show that we also take action when necessary. On Sept. 22, California became the first state to sanction human embryonic stem cell research. Read more...

After reading Cody Cass’ Etcetera article “Campus resources available for students with ADD,” (August 26) I must say that I was offended. Being an individual with attention deficit disorder (who gets good grades) and an advocate for the disabled community at UCLA and at the state level, I’d like you to consider the following. Read more...

Nation can’t give up freedom to stop hate In its editorial “Lessons of Sept. 11 should not be ignored” (Viewpoint, Sept. 11), the Daily Bruin Editorial Board poses the question, “Is America doing anything to change its ways so that this doesn’t happen again?” To deal with this question we need to keep in mind that the planners and leaders of the attack stated frequently and emphatically that the attacks were motivated primarily by their hatred of certain American values. Read more...