Monday, October 5

Economic bias of SAT I can be easily overcome

Singhasri is a fifth-year American literature and culture student. By Lalita Singhasri I am emphatically opposed to Sophia Smith’s argument against the SAT (“Exam has no bearing on academics, just economics,” Daily Bruin, Nov. Read more...


Letters

Toledo must ride wave out of UCLA I am a UCLA alumnus from Jan. 1963 and I live in Washington State University Cougar country. I proudly display Bruin license plate frames and have a vanity plate, “UCLALUM,” on my sports car. Read more...



Johnson fails to accept need for dissent in life

By Robert Watson Chris Johnson’s exploitation of the firemen killed at the World Trade Center, as a weapon with which to club dissent of any kind, is all the more contemptible for being so predictable (“Leftist influence deteriorates education,” Viewpoint, Nov. Read more...


Asian involvement in AAC applaudable

Battles is chairperson of the African Student Union. By Robert E. Battles II Speaking as a “fascinated” and “dangerous” proponent of affirmative action, I would like to commend Viewpoint columnist Andrew Jones on his blatant display of extreme confusion in last week’s column, “Position of APC contains contradictions” (Daily Bruin, Nov. Read more...



Letters

Bruin football a disgrace To the UCLA Football Team: Gutless. Spineless. Embarrassing. Congratulations, Bruin football on a humiliating finish to the season. Losing four straight games and getting outplayed and out-hustled in all four was bad. Getting destroyed by USC, a team you had the talent to beat easily, was even worse.  But on top of all that, between NCAA benefits violations and DUI convictions (but no suspensions, of course), you managed to not only embarrass yourselves, but the entire UCLA community as well. Read more...