Friday, November 6, 1998 Letters True Judaism found in rituals, sacred texts As a Jew, I was deeply disturbed by Lev Ginsburg’s portrayal of Judaism as an open-ended intellectual enterprise which requires very little in the way of ritual on the part of its practitioner ("Judaism solves challenges through religious, cultural awareness" Oct. Read more...

Thursday, November 5, 1998 Punishment fits crime, not cause LAWS: Movement to help specific groups trivializes plight of all other victims Recently, we all heard of the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming. Read more...

Thursday, November 5, 1998 Identifying the real issues of affirmative action ADMISSIONS: Consideration of race is one way to combat economic disparities Some 29,000 high school seniors competed last year for UCLA’s 3,800 first-year seats. Read more...

Thursday, November 5, 1998 Letters Asians buried by stereotypes As an Asian American woman, I find it difficult to swallow these archaic stereotypes about us. Why does the United States, in 1998, still want to pigeon-hole me as this model minority, submissive, geisha girl? Read more...

Thursday, November 5, 1998 Racism can’t exist under strict Christian doctrine ETHNICITY: Misguided, unsupported followers to blame for injustices By Robert Chao-Romero Whereas Alex Ko (Oct. Read more...

Thursday, November 5, 1998 Try to solve mystery of meaning of life SPIRITUALITY: Religion only one road toward accepting higher power By Aaron Blocher-Rubin Are you spiritual, man? Read more...

Wednesday, November 4, 1998 Letters A close win is still a valid win UCLA"s drop in the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls is a travesty. Read more...