Monday, April 29

Letters

Wednesday, February 12, 1997 UCLA shouldn’t glorify Simpson For years, I have considered it a mere curiosity that the picture of a former USC athlete would be hanging prominently in the John Wooden Center. Read more...


Voices power student government

Wednesday, February 12, 1997 ACTIVISM: Involvement the first step to ensuring better education, rightsBy Alberto Retana The solutions to the problems faced daily by students do not lie within student government ­ they lie within the student body! Read more...


On-campus traffic hazardous to students

Wednesday, February 12, 1997 SAFETY: Public auto access to Murphy Hall should be curtailed in light of recent accidents Have you noticed that the university maintenance crews have recently been repainting the pedestrian crossing ("PED XING") signs and paths next to Murphy Hall? Read more...


Core classes needed to master literature

Tuesday, February 11, 1997 CURRICULUM: Ethnic and women’s works included with traditional requisitesBy Glenn Highcove Regarding your article on the English department curriculum on Friday the 7th: As a third-year English student, I was appalled to read your article on how the English curriculum is supposedly too "constricting." The article cites that the requirements for the major rest on "predominantly white males" such as Chaucer, Milton, and Shakespeare, while giving little-to-no attention to female and ethnic authors. Read more...


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Tuesday, February 11, 1997Hypocrisy in ousting Connerly I find it shocking that various graduate and undergraduate presidents of the UC campuses demand that Ward Connerly resign because of his concern over affirmative action. Read more...


Loving my religion

Tuesday, February 11, 1997 FAITH: Relate to God on your own terms, not by standard conceptions.Silvia Morelos What is God? Hmm. As a wanna-be, non-practicing Catholic (by ascribed fortune), most of my life I had trouble trying to figure out God and trying to oblige by the dictates and rules that he laid out for all his children here on earth. Read more...


AAP hiring policy based on competence, not politics

Tuesday, February 11, 1997 TUTORING: Program misrepresented as discriminatoryBy C. Adolfo Bermeo Hannah Miller’s article on Jan. 23, 1997 is replete with unfounded allegations, omissions of relevant information, contradictions and gross misrepresentations of the reality of AAP, AAP hiring, and the work of hundreds of dedicated AAP student and full-time staff members. Read more...