Thursday, January 9, 1997 LEADERSHIP: USAC’s good side clouded by misuse of mandatory feeBy Ben Hofilena It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that there’s something terribly corrupt about our current student government. Read more...

Thursday, January 9, 1997 POLITICS: Choice preserves integrity of student governmentBy Telly Tse It is easy to criticize USAC, especially when many feel that it has tremendously wronged students by overturning a decision made by another branch of student government. Read more...

Wednesday, January 8, 1997 POLITICS: Clinton’s and Gingrich’s actions are mere ‘playground stuff’By Marianne Means Hearst Newspapers Only by remembering history can we avoid repeating it, and so it is a good thing that Richard Nixon, the modern yardstick by which the behavior of all other politicians is measured, is forever with us. Read more...

Wednesday, January 8, 1997 EDUCATION: Knowledge of ancestral coded languages enhances awareness of rootsIt never dawned on me why my grandmother spoke the way she did until I became a public speaker. Read more...

Wednesday, January 8, 1997 APPEARANCES: Judge people not by their physical looks but instead by the qualities they can controlBy Howard Kim I thought it was going to be another one of those routine days of delivering flowers for my aunt this Christmas season when a sudden realization hit me ­ a sort of epiphany shall we say … "Just another retirement home for just another grandparent whose children didn’t want to put up with the burdens of a dying parent" was my thought as I pulled up to the Royale Retirement Home. Read more...

Wednesday, January 8, 1997Give the UCLA band a break In response to Kathryn Manlove’s Jan. 7 article regarding the UCLA marching band, I would like to clarify a few issues. Read more...

Tuesday, January 7, 1997 FASHION: As it protects individual rights, the First gives color to the trivialBy Rich Birecki Although I personally have never heard anybody state this, it seems to me that there is an undercurrent of thought, particularly throughout the female community, that males don’t really care about anything other than having sex. Read more...