Thursday, February 12






Letters to the Editor

Many of us in the English department here appreciated Nikki Jagerman's forthright column, "Don't downplay the classics in the English major" (May 20) in the Bruin and the critical issues it raises. Read more...


Plaques were long overdue

I've walked by Campbell Hall hundreds of times on the way to class, but incredibly, I'd never heard the names of Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Jerome Huggins Jr. until a few weeks ago.Carter and Huggins were UCLA students and leaders in the Black Panther Party. On Jan. 17, 1969, they were shot to death in Campbell Hall by an unknown assailant. It's not information they give out on the official tour and the university has avoided any sort of official recognition of their deaths for 41 years. Read more...