Republican Congress in, gun control out Editor: Just when I thought the United States was going to become a safer place to live with the passing of the Brady Bill and the Crime Bill, here come the Republicans who are threatening to lift the assault weapons ban and repeal the newly stated Crime Bill from President Bill Clinton. Read more...

Activists should channel energy where it counts By Kimberly Mackesy So! I’m not the only one who’s a little concerned about the ubiquitous proliferation of Proposition 187-bashing articles in the Daily Bruin! Read more...

Kerckhoff groups work around the clock By Todd Sargent It’s time for a response from one of your elected USAC council members. I have been watching article after article in the Daily Bruin describe how some of my fellow students regard USAC, your student government. Read more...

Remembering life’s lessons and mother’s love Peter Hamilton Thanksgiving was great. I needed those four days to reconstruct myself. I barely finished. I spent dinner on Thursday without my mom for the third year in a row, and without my pop for the first time ever (my mom has passed away; my pop was in Seattle). Read more...

Bombshelter conspires against South Campus By Ashkan Lashkari Most students destined to become future mathematicians, doctors and engineers at UCLA ­ those that gravitate to South Campus ­ must overcome some major obstacles in their path. Read more...

Prop. 187 threatens faculty-student tie By Russell Moore Several weeks ago, an administrator, Kathleen Komar, wrote in these Viewpoint pages of the need for collegial relationships at UCLA. Read more...

Question ‘majority rule’ beyond election day By Jeffrey Ow As an Asian American, a person of color, a Daily Bruin reader, a man and a person, I am thoroughly embarrassed for Nikao Yang’s verbal conduct ("My report on the superfluous Prop. Read more...