Monday, January 13, 1997 GOVERNMENT: Oversight diminishes in a one-party student government, may lead to abuse of powerStudents should not be lulled into the false belief that all is well in student government at UCLA. Read more...

Monday, January 13, 1997 BASKETBALL: Attitudes of players holding the team back, not Lavin’s abilitiesBy Robert Vasquez What a mockery UCLA basketball has become! It’s a disgrace, a poor representative of the school and an embarrassment. Read more...

Monday, January 13, 1997 DIALOGUE: Policies that discriminate, not free speech, threaten libertiesBy Philip Hoskins While certainly empathetic to the pain, humiliation and anger that was a result of the boorish behavior described in "Incident of homophobia …" on Jan.9, Marlon Morales is wrong on one point ­ one’s right to free speech does not end "When your words and actions in a public place become blatantly mean spirited and even hateful." At least according to a long line of court decisions, that right includes rude and boorish behavior, even when mean-spirited and hateful. Read more...

Monday, January 13, 1997 OFFENSE: A free thinker unable to speak freely is nothing but a sycophantBy Jeff Lazarus The right to talk is the right to offend. Read more...

Friday, January 10, 1997 By Stephanie Salter San Francisco Examiner As the years accumulate, I sometimes forget why I turned out the way I did. I mean, for instance, why I became a Democrat instead of a Republican or why I moved to California or never got married or prefer scotch to bourbon. Read more...

Friday, January 10, 1997 STANDARDS: Machistas and Machos are put to the test; find out which one you should be I must preface this by saying that I love men ­ men in the definition that I will describe. Read more...

Friday, January 10, 1997 LANGUAGES: Communication with diverse tongues may result in exclusionBy Scott Sahlman In John Lemke’s article, "Limiting word choice stifles evolution of language," he claims that having a standardized English language, aside from being illogical and inane, is elitist and propagates racism and intolerance. Read more...