Thursday, December 10, 1998 Hiding true feelings hurts self-expression EMOTIONS: Societal standards of acceptability, conformity hurt communication, threaten minds Sister Patricia glared over her owl rimmed glasses. Read more...

Thursday, December 10, 1998 Junk mail wastes time, destroys trees TRASH: Advertisements pander to stereotypes, quickly get tossed away I wanted to write something snide about the Student Association of Graduate Employees (SAGE), but I decided against this. Read more...

Thursday, December 10, 1998 Letters Whites, Asians can understand minority concerns I read with interest, then anger, Lakesha Breeding’s recent letter ("Outreach editorial misinterpreted," Viewpoint, Dec. Read more...

Thursday, December 10, 1998 Written, spoken poetry important artistic forms EXPRESSION: Purporting opinion as fact minimizes significance of creativity By Amy Belier This letter is in response to Nerissa Pacio’s article on spoken-word poetry ("Speaking Up," Arts and Entertainment, Dec. Read more...

Monday, December 7, 1998 Letters UC violates rights of SAGE workers I am appalled at the University of California’s refusal to recognize SAGE (Student Association of Graduate Employees) and am angered by UCLA’s disregard of some of its most valuable employees. Read more...

Monday, December 7, 1998 Party Politics COLUMN: Viewpoint columnists speak out on reasons for voicing opinions in writing When I applied to be a Viewpoint columnist, I wrote that I thought of the Viewpoint section as a room in which all of the writers are having a conversation. Read more...

Friday, November 13, 1998 Speaks Out Speaks Out Not only is a new group of legislators making decisions in the state and in Washington, D.C., but Newt Gingrich has resigned from his position as speaker of the House. Read more...