Thursday, April 9, 1998 Thumbs up/Thumbs down Restaurant cleanliness Thumbs down to the Hawthorne City Council for recently discarding a plan to adopt a Los Angeles City ordinance that would require restaurants to post their health inspection scores in view of customers. Read more...

Wednesday, April 8, 1998 Campus policy violates students’ rights HATE SPEECH: University speech code blocks expression under guise of banning ‘fighting words’ UCLA, an institution that prides itself on higher education and academic freedom has a policy that undermines the principles and freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment. Read more...

Wednesday, April 8, 1998 Prop. 209 threatens return to pre-Civil Rights thinking 209: UC admissions indicate problems are deeply rooted in society By Anatoli Ilyashov It should come to no one’s surprise in California that race and ethnicity are dirty words, so much so that prospective students applying for admission to the University of California are not voluntarily declaring their ethnic or racial backgrounds. Read more...

Wednesday, April 8, 1998 This is God … I’m not in right now COLUMN: Seeking truth isn’t as easy as phoning heaven for quick advice Hello God? Read more...

Tuesday, April 7, 1998 It’s not the fare that keeps us off the bus TRANSPORTATION: People need incentives to ride instead of drive to UCLA By Tiffani Chin The other day, as I stepped off the Blue Bus at the UCLA turnaround, I was greeted by two students who eagerly handed me a flyer, "Fare-free transit for students, staff and faculty." The flyer referred to an article run on these pages a couple of months ago by Jeffrey Brown and Donald Shoup, some people from the Urban Planning Department ("Everyone Must Find Another Way to UCLA, Nov. Read more...

Tuesday, April 7, 1998 Frivolous lawsuits exploit, repress sex SEX: Oversensitive culture intimidates by scrutinizing conduct As members of a society plagued by a frightening contradiction, I’m surprised we don’t walk around confused all the time. Read more...

Tuesday, April 7, 1998 Thumbs up/ Thumbs down Cheaters never prosper Thumbs down to Missouri Sen. Charles Ehlmann, who is pushing a bill that would recognize cheating as a Class B misdemeanor. Read more...