Monday, April 6, 1998 Encouragement key to saving diversity ADMISSIONS: Students must reach out, accept incoming freshman By Albert Carnesale The recent announcement on admissions to UCLA’s fall 1998 freshman class has left many members of our community feeling frustrated, disappointed and angry. Read more...

Monday, April 6, 1998 Reading initiative step in right direction CURRICULUM: Selecting texts by underrepresented authors will help; strategy shouldn’t be taken too far School officials in San Francisco had the right idea in mind when they proposed that teachers set aside a portion of their curriculum for books authored by members of underrepresented communities. Read more...

Monday, April 6, 1998 Looks more like Disney than LAX Shuttle ride, pricey food make trip to LAX like Disneyland OK, so that night you had a 6:05 "appointment" with the shuttle service to take you to the airport. Read more...

Monday, April 6, 1998 Abuse of women too often ignored DOMESTIC: One demise shows how many people just look the other way By Kevin Powell University Wire Valerie was killed by her boyfriend St. Read more...

Thursday, March 19, 1998 Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down THUMBS: Student fees help others Thumbs up to a student-designed mandatory fee created to allow more students to be able to afford attending school. Read more...

Thursday, March 19, 1998 Insecurity obscures mother’s talents QUESTIONS: Society can make adolescents hate parent’s unique quirks I spend a lot of time loathing and loving the fact that the human race is such a slew of adaptable putty-heads. Read more...

Thursday, March 19, 1998 Echoes LAST COLUMN: While you still can, engage in camaraderie with fellows "Goodbye, brothers! You were a good crowd. As good a crowd as ever fisted with wild cries the beating canvas of a heavy foresail; or tossing aloft, invisible in the night, gave back yell for yell to a westerly gale." -Joseph Conrad I recall reading about a relatively harmless little ritual practiced by dormitory dwellers during finals week called "Midnight Yell." It takes its name from the fact that it involves yelling and that it happens at midnight. Read more...