Thursday, January 9, 1997 CONDUCT: In public, free speech is the right to talk, not the right to offendBy Marlon Morales When your words and actions in a public place become blatantly mean spirited and even hateful, your constitutional freedom of speech ends. 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 SEGREGATION: Gender integration in the military inhibits productivityIt is rarely denied that a natural attraction exists between men and women ­ except by the United States military. Read more...

Tuesday, January 7, 1997 No sporting cheers for w. hoops I attended the UCLA men’s basketball game and the women’s game that followed it on Dec. Read more...