Tuesday, January 13


Carberry’s criticisms of UCLA team prove to be unfounded

Ifurung is a third-year political science student. By Nick Ifurung Maegan Carberry’s absurd column about the UCLA men’s basketball program (“Bruin Bloopers,” Daily Bruin, Viewpoint, April 24) demonstrates a classic example of what happens when someone who claims to be a fan of Bruin basketball decides to cheaply criticize the team: they end up looking like a complete fool. Read more...



Proposition 36 offers easy out for offenders

  Peijean Tsai Tsai is looking for the whipped cream to sweeten her piece of the pie. Send her remarks and Reddi-Whip to [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by Peijean Tsai Looks like “lax” in Los Angeles is not just the abbreviation for the much trafficked airport; lax also seems to describe how drug offenders will be punished under the passage of last November’s Proposition 36, the California initiative that will place drug offenders into rehabilitation programs rather than in jails. Read more...



Book-buying conveniences homogenize U.S. culture

Slattery is the general manager of Skylight Books in Los Feliz and former board member of the Southern California Booksellers Association. By Kerry Slattery This is an exciting ““ and particularly challenging ““ time to be an independent bookseller. Read more...


Speaks Out

This weekend, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books will take place at UCLA. What is your favorite book of all time and why? Julie Garchow First-year Biology “My favorite book is “Exodus” by Leon Uris because it’s a great book about the conflict with Palestine and Israel. Read more...