Saturday, September 19

Current Social Security plan full of flaws

Tuesday, February 3, 1998 Current Social Security plan full of flaws SOCIAL SECURITY Increase in senior citizen population will cause system to fail By Matthew Gever Americans should be angry with President Clinton, not because he may have played target practice with an intern’s dress, but rather with his desire to increase spending on Social Security. Read more...


Letters

Tuesday, February 3, 1998 Letters LETTERS Seismically safe? I would like to make a few comments in regard to the article about UCLA’s seismic corrections ("Many Buildings still need renovation," Jan. Read more...


Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down

Tuesday, February 3, 1998 Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down THUMBS R-rated restrictions Thumbs down to the Douglas County School Board in Colorado, which has adopted a policy prohibiting teachers to show R-rated and NC-17 films in all the classrooms throughout the district. Read more...


Entertaining, fun movies serve important function

Monday, February 2, 1998 Entertaining, fun movies serve important function FILMS Commercial cinema isn’t the death of ‘true’ American art By Eric Silver and Carol Kim Having a campus paper such as the Daily Bruin seesaws us, as readers, between very good, well-written articles, such as "Students First! Read more...


Bombing Iraq would be a mistake

Monday, February 2, 1998 Bombing Iraq would be a mistake WAR Americans should get facts straight before inciting more violence By Christopher Calder Our politicians have disseminated a great deal of propaganda to justify a new bombing campaign against Iraq. Read more...



Coffee wishes and Hummer dreams

Monday, February 2, 1998 Coffee wishes and Hummer dreams MONDAYS Observing the dawn of a new week in the lifestyles of the unfortunate and pathetic Everyone should own a Hummer, especially for those Mondays when traffic doesn’t want to move and you just want to plow the cars over. Read more...