Monday, 2/24/97 Martial Arts challenge students PAIN: Participants learn lessons in humility and personal responsibility It was hard not to notice the strong, electric smell of sweat in Wooden’s Gold Room. Read more...

Monday, 2/24/97 ‘Beloved’ African American voice deserves respectFILM: Letter expresses concern over choice of white writer, director for Toni Morrison’s novel By Aisha Davis The following letter was sent to Oprah Winfrey: I am a young, adult African American who lives in Los Angeles, Calif. Read more...

Monday, 2/24/97 Search for chancellor should be publicREGENTS: Board must be held accountable;UC campuses need open access to decision process Barring unforeseen impediments, UCLA will have a new chancellor on March 21. Read more...

Friday, February 21, 1997 CLASS: Reflections on life experiences reveal occupational prejudices Stereotypes are bad enough, but it’s rare that we’re ever really truthful about them. Read more...

Friday, February 21, 1997 EDUCATION: Literature’s worth derived from centuries of male Western cultural hegemonyBy Vy Nguyen As an English major, I have to take issue with the viewpoint which was printed on Feb. Read more...

Friday, February 21, 1997 REPARATIONS: Blame for past wrongs should not fall on living descendantsBy Todd Smith J. Jioni Palmer’s reasoning for why African Americans deserve reparations today is entirely flawed. Read more...

Friday, February 21, 1997 Clinton should have remained uninvolved President Clinton’s intervention in the American Airlines dispute is deplorable, as it is clearly to the advantage of management and not the pilots. Read more...