Tuesday, March 17

Internet cannot cure classroom ailments

Thursday, February 27, 1997 EDUCATION: Electronics do not hold substitute for parent, teacher concernBy Elizabeth Schuett New York Times Mr. President, you’re wrong. The Internet is not a panacea to the ills of education, nor can it ever be. Read more...


Hip-hop culture drowning in sea of business, elitism

Wednesday, 2/26/97 Hip-hop culture drowning in sea of business, elitism Protest culture of Old School lost in tangled web of corporate industry Imagine a world with no windows, no telecommunications, substandard housing, little or no education and no economic opportunities. Read more...


A dose of reality on Western culture

Wednesday, 2/26/97 A dose of reality on Western culture Arguments of deconstructionists fueled by white middle class’s guilt and need to be in intellectual vogue; curriculum needs to address humanity in general, not agendas of ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations By John Foxworthy have six problems with Vy Nguyen’s article (Feb. Read more...


Christianity adapting to society, culture

Wednesday, 2/26/97 Christianity adapting to society, culture Injunctions against homosexuality as obsolete as those promoting racism and sexism as time changes interpretation of Bible By Jeff Lee Bravo to Silvia Morelos for her reflections on religious revisionism in "Loving My Religion" (Feb. Read more...


Letters

Tuesday, February 25, 1997Clinton shouldn’t have intervened President Clinton’s intervention in the American Airlines dispute is to be deplored as it is clearly to the advantage of management and not the pilots. Read more...


Expanding African-American history

Tuesday, February 25, 1997 CULTURE: Celebrate group’s experience more than one month a yearBy Malik Francis Who was the first black in Major League Baseball? Of course we all know the answer to this question, but for many this is the extent of their black history, which is sad, because there are so many wonderful and rich stories about the African-American experience and the people who helped to shape it. Read more...


University shouldn’t stifle one’s potential

Tuesday, February 25, 1997 EDUCATION: Some professors, TAs focus on themselves, not on needs of students reaching out "Courage is looking fear right in the eye and saying ‘get the hell out of my way, I’ve got things to do.’" — Craig Kurz For a while now, I have found many aspects of UCLA quite bothersome. Read more...