Monday, December 7, 1998 Institution has lesson to learn from graduate students SUPPORT: TAs employ faculty for guidance, plead economic support as future professionals By Chon A. Read more...

Monday, December 7, 1998 ‘Invisible Hand’ determines value of TA labor WAGES: Strong capitalist society, surplus of graduate workers obstruct effectiveness of strike By David Miller The harebrained schemes of today’s educational elite never cease to amaze me. 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, December 4, 1998 Avoid hardships endured by others: recognize union WISCONSIN: UC should consider struggles, wins of TAs across country By Brian Obach I was recently a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin (UW) where I worked as a teaching assistant for several years. Read more...

Friday, December 4, 1998 If teaching assistants win, student education suffers UNDERGRADS: Union will result in higher class fees, hurt quality of instruction By Maclane Key As a graduate student and former teaching assistant, I’m saddened that some of my fellow graduate students in the University of California system are playing politics with the academic lives of the undergraduates. Read more...

Friday, December 4, 1998 Mind must filter knowledge EDUCATION: Examine value of messages that constantly bombard us For people like me, finals are a time for over-caffeinated, pajama-clad, 14-hour cram sessions interspersed with brief moments of insanity. Read more...