Bunche protest all washed up in alternate Bruin universe Farce affirmative action rally exemplifies misguided efforts, antics of demonstrators By Katie Litvak I was amused reading the Daily Bruin’s ecstatic reports on the Feb. Read more...

Brotherly love best valentine gift Unconditional affection of younger sibling quells earlier resentment toward new family arrival By Roxane Marquez Daily Bruin Columnist/Editor in Chief A few weeks back, I went and saw the movie "Kids" in Ackerman Grand Ballroom for the second time. Read more...

Article misrepresents Academic Advancement Program Discrimination allegations hold little water, contradict mission of tutorial program By C. Adolfo Bermeo I am writing to express my very strong displeasure and disagreement with the Daily Bruin article of Feb. Read more...

Board reforms necessary to ensure universities’ future Alterations should include term limits and selection process By Suzanne Evans In an uncharacteristic showing of solidarity and decorum last week, the University of California Board of Regents voted unanimously to begin implementing the ban on race-based admissions in the spring of 1997, thus ending yet another explosive chapter in the ongoing saga of affirmative action. Read more...

Letters to the Editor Eye for an eye? Editor: On Sunday, Feb. 25, 1996, tragedy struck the State of Israel. At 6:30 a.m., a suicide bomb blew up bus No. Read more...

Graduate employees’ union calls for student support Undergrad government recognizes necessity of respecting workers’ rights By York Chang On Feb. 8, the Student Association of Graduate Employees (the labor union for academic student employees – tutors, readers, research assistants and teaching assistants) voted to hold a strike authorization vote meeting on Feb. Read more...

‘Broken Arrow’ flies straight into toilet bowl Movie shortchanges Hong Kong action fans Natural language cannot begin to communicate the titanic disappointment of John Woo’s latest film, "Broken Arrow." (The title will doubtless soon enter the language as a veiled metaphor for flaccid and bankrupt imagination.) Michael Horowitz’s excellent Feb. Read more...