Tuesday, 5/27/97 Diversity requirement needed at UCLA EDUCATION: Making curriculum part of general education would ease tensions between groups Diversity is relative. Consider, for example, the difference between Harvard and UCLA. Read more...

Tuesday, 5/27/97 Disregard for ethics, abuse of law must be eradicated CORRUPTION: Atypical ‘Fuhrmanism’ should not characterize institutions By Lev Hakak The release last week of a report by the so-called Mark Fuhrman Task Force reminds us that although the O.J. Read more...

Tuesday, 5/27/97 Preachy politics only strengthen queers’ resolve RESPECT: Religious argument twisted to serve right wing’s campaign of intolerance By Megan Hall Kudos to David Bain for a well-written article on religion and homosexuality ("Religion and Politics," Thursday). Read more...

Tuesday, 5/27/97 Why society equates ‘homeless’ with ‘worthless’ DISCRIMINATION: Greed, fear of being poor drives hatred of vagrants The other day I was on a city bus and a vagrant attempted to get on. Read more...

Friday, 5/23/97 Spectral analysis ETHNICITY: The significance of color, determined at first glance, deserves a second look Librada Loera Ybarra, my grandfather’s mom, was a platinum blonde, my mother says, with blue eyes and fine skin. Read more...

Friday, 5/23/97 LETTERS LETTERS: Don’t judge an event by its flyer Don’t judge an event by its flyer On May 2, 1997, The Bruin published a piece titled "Price of beauty will not pay for degree," by Sharon DeYoung. Read more...

Thursday, 5/22/97 Religion and politics Political actions of ‘religious right’ groups oppress gay community By David Bain "If homosexuality were the normal way, God would have made Adam and Bruce." — Anita Bryant, New York Times, June 5, 1977 The Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/ Transgendered (LGBT) community can not often come to a point of consensus. Read more...