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Letters

Wednesday, April 15, 1998 Letters Race not an issue Environmental degradation is an equal-opportunity activity. There is little question that whatever segment of society enjoys economic dominance will be most likely to inflict environmental damage. Read more...


Practicing religion is not always a cup of hot cocoa

Wednesday, April 15, 1998 Practicing religion is not always a cup of hot cocoa CHRISTIANITY: Sweetening truth about believing in God leaves worshippers with spiritual emptiness By Alex Schweng I was disappointed and saddened by the opinions expressed in "The Forum" on religion and spirituality on April 10. Read more...


Immigrants not to blame for environment’s problems

Tuesday, April 14, 1998 Immigrants not to blame for environment’s problems ENVIRONMENT: Everyone equally responsible for preventing destruction By Garrick Ruiz Immigrants are blamed for many of the biggest problems facing society today: poverty, unemployment, crime, disease and public education failures. Read more...


Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down

Tuesday, April 14, 1998 Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down Making sports gender-blind Thumbs up to California State University Stockton for making progress in equalizing scholarship funding for female athletes. Read more...


Use public transit to stop parking woes

Tuesday, April 14, 1998 Use public transit to stop parking woes BRUINCARD: Fare-free program would allow more commuting students to take buses to UCLA By Andrew Jon Westall and Brian Taylor As the co-author of the BruinCard Bus Pass Pilot Project Proposal for the 1998-99 academic year, I would like to address Tiffani Chin’s comments in the Daily Bruin ("It’s not the fare that keeps us off the bus," April 7). Read more...


GREEN CARD FOR SALE

Tuesday, April 14, 1998 GREEN CARD FOR SALE PERSPECTIVE: America needs a collective enema, shouts graduating senior Unlike many of UCLA’s international students who arrive here with the express purpose of getting a degree, and often return to their country of origin upon completing their studies, I came to America – and subsequently to UCLA – to dodge the draft in my native Bosnia, knowing that the States would probably be my home for quite a while. Read more...


Letters

Tuesday, April 14, 1998 Letters LETTERS: A fan of Lavin’s At the end of Vytas Mazeika’s column about head basketball coach Steve Lavin (Daily Bruin, April 8), The tagline informs us that Mazeika "doesn’t know what he’s talking about." The truth of that statement is evident from the beginning of his column. Read more...