Friday, 5/30/97 Olympic gymnast Chow makes impact on all Americans HEROS: Athlete is role model for Asian-American community, inspires all with her diligence By Tedd Shum When you hear the names Michael Chang, Kristi Yamaguchi, Michelle Kwan and Amy Chow, what comes to your mind? Read more...

Friday, 5/30/97 Asian-American movement continues living on HISTORY: Forum to relate past, present, future of a peoples’ ongoing fight By Stephanie Wang and Amy Luu Serve the People; Power to the People; People Unite!! Read more...

Friday, 5/30/97 Falling up CHANGE: Hard to look beyond routine life, yet hope for the future perseveres "From the bottom, it (life) looks like a steep incline From the top, another downhill slope of mine But I know, the equilibrium’s there." – Faith No More When I was a seventh grader, I remember one particular occasion walking up a hill to the bus stop on a chilly morning. Read more...

Thursday, 5/29/97 What good is English? EDUCATION: Ask not what this columnist plans to do with his degree, or you’ll get a response If you are majoring in one of those disciplines for which there seems to be no obvious career path other than simply regurgitating what you have just be taught to a new crop of students just as committed to learning something of no practical value as you were, read on. Read more...

Thursday, 5/29/97 Volunteering a fulfilling way to give back to community SERVICE: Even if it starts out as resume building, personal rewards follow By Sharat Gadasally and Steve Golveo Did we just smoke weed and drink lots of alcohol during our four (or five) years at UCLA? Read more...

Thursday, 5/29/97 Executions gaining favor PUNISHMENT: Politician’s, population’s opposition to death penalty eroding By Marianne Means New York Times It has taken decades of moralistic hand-wringing, political posturing about getting tough on crime and judicial irritation with legal delays, for the death penalty to become a quietly accepted fact of national life. Read more...

Thursday, 5/29/97 Criminalization of marijuana use out of step with state, people’s rights DRUGS: Government "drug war" focuses on partisanship, imposes too severe penalties for offenders By Colin Morris Last November, the voters of California succeeded in passing a proposition to legalize the medicinal use of marijuana as prescribed by doctors. Read more...