Trinh serves as the USAC Student Welfare Commissioner. By Peter Trinh Man oh man, how lucky I am to be elected as a USAC officer. I just sit around and vegetate all day waiting for the stipend check to roll on in. And of course, I am supposed to go to weekly meetings for USAC. But I wouldn’t really call them meetings. I’d preferred to call them sessions on how each USAC officer can just vegetate a little more. Read more...

Income not barrier to SAT success I am writing this in response to Sophia’s Smith’s submission, “Exam has no bearing on academics, just economics” (Daily Bruin, Viewpoint, Nov. Read more...

  Gustavo Arellano There is a method to Gustavo’s madness. E-mail him at [email protected] and ask him what it is. Mexico beat Honduras 3-0 in soccer this past Sunday qualifying for the 2002 World Cup. Read more...

EDITORIAL BOARD Editor in Chief  Timothy Kudo Managing Editor  Michael Falcone Viewpoint Editor  Cuauhtemoc Ortega Staff Representatives  Amanda Fletcher  Kelly Rayburn  Marcelle Richards  Vytas Mazeika  Corey McEleney  Linh Tat Editorial Board Assistants  Maegan Carberry  Edward Chiao   Unsigned editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board. Read more...

Tellis is a third-year women’s studies student. By Kate Tellis I take issue with Glenn Sacks’ commentary regarding the curriculum of Women’s Studies 10 taught by Professor Sharon Bays (“Women’s studies texts stretch truth,” Daily Bruin, Viewpoint, Nov. Read more...

Illustration by JENNY YURSHANSKY/Daily Bruin   Cody Cass Cass is a first-year undeclared student. E-mail him at [email protected]. Republican leadership has made a point of appealing to America’s old-schoolers by portraying itself as having a Christian core. Read more...

Johnson is a second-year Ph.D. student in clinical psychology. By Chris Johnson The original intent of a university was to be the proving ground of ideals, utilizing diverse philosophies in an adversarial system as catalysts in the dispassionate pursuit of knowledge. Read more...