Saturday, March 28

A little moral outrage goes a long way toward change

Thursday, January 22, 1998 A little moral outrage goes a long way toward change SIMPSON: Media circus can be tamed by stopping glamorization of wrongs The topic is "Consequences: How the little things we do (or conversely the little things we don’t do) often yield the greatest effects." Two recent and unrelated events remind me of a probably apocryphal story I read somewhere about a guy who endlessly procrastinated tuning-up his sputtering, back-firing automobile. Read more...



Thunbs up/Thumbs down

Thursday, January 22, 1998 Thunbs up/Thumbs down Late to the wrong class? Thumbs down to the winter schedule of classes which has done little other than provide major inconveniences to students attempting to locate their classes. Read more...


Fitness, not religion, opiate of 90s masses

Thursday, January 22, 1998 Fitness, not religion, opiate of 90s masses BELIEF: New Year’s resolutions actualized in American Mecca of health clubs, trendy new-age vitamin stores By Amy Turner As the biological by-product of millions of years, we only amount to a quivering skyline, each breaking off like filament and getting in and out of sports utility vehicles after grabbing some purified water en route to the nearest health food store. Read more...


Men’s issues not thoroughly addressed

Wednesday, January 21, 1998 Men’s issues not thoroughly addressed GENDER Weak sources fail to adequately convey male stereotypes, discrimination By Marc Etienne Angelucci The Daily Bruin’s recent articles on gender, including those alleging to represent men’s issues, fail to recognize the voices of leading men’s rights advocates. Read more...


Department vote too close for comfort

Wednesday, January 21, 1998 Department vote too close for comfort ENDOWMENT Allowing creation of Turkish studies chair would have proven disastrous for university How many faculty members would have voted to establish a 20th century German history chair fully funded by the German government, knowing the department could only utilize research materials from German archives and libraries? Read more...