Hail to the ‘newt’ Speaker of the House By Dr. Richard Lesher WASHINGTON ­ It is telling that while critics of the Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, are working overtime to discredit him, his supporters are actively comparing him to Thomas Reed and Joseph Cannon, powerful Speakers who ran the House of Representatives with an iron hand around the turn of the century. Read more...

Universities can guarantee an education, not a job By James Lebakken I feel the need to defend my major after the disservice Chris Gregory’s article has done to the English department at UCLA ("Paradox: evolution and the English major," Jan. Read more...

Aspiring Bruin dreams of school while living off the L.A. streets By Conan Ozbourne I arrived in Westwood in August, following a dream to attend UCLA. Read more...

Politics of Kerckhoff Hall: a student perspective By Joel Elad Three years ago, I remember reading the illustrious Viewpoint section and coming across a letter condemning the UCLA Community Directory because it had a crying, "ignorant" woman on it. Read more...

What, no New Year’s resolutions? Give up sex! Merry new year. Did you make a resolution to better yourself this year? No?! Then let me make a suggestion. Read more...

Does ethnic separatism foster prejudice in society? By Kamily Graham and Diane Ichikawa Every day, we open up the Daily Bruin to read the Viewpoint section. Read more...

Letters Multicultural bridge-building Editor: In reference to the article in the Dec. 2 Daily Bruin entitled, "Enough about race already!," we as members of the Multicultural Society would like to clarify our position. Read more...