Demographics cause segregation I am astonished Ilana Fried’s column, “Desegregation success isn’t black and white” (May 13), refers to the minority predominance in Los Angeles schools as “segregation.” Gee, how can it be possible that in a state where almost half the population is Latino there are schools consisting of a predominantly Latino student population? Read more...

The Supreme Court ruled 50 years ago that segregation in schools could not be tolerated ““ “separate but equal” amounted to institutionalized racism. Since then, state and federal agencies have made tremendous efforts to make access to education universal and equal. Read more...

UCLA rowing team takes 7th overall at Pac-10 Championships In the Pac-10 Rowing Championships held at Lake Natomas, the UCLA rowing team qualified for all the Grand Finals, but got seventh overall. Read more...

Before last week’s primary elections, the Daily Bruin endorsed Doug Ludlow for the office of Undergraduate Students Association Council president. Running as an independent, Ludlow could not muster enough votes to survive the primary election. Read more...

Bruin should decry murder So, neither the Daily Bruin ““ nor any other campus group ““ has denounced the horrible murder of Nick Berg. To top it off, The Bruin prints an Associated Press article that blames Berg for not leaving Iraq when he had the chance. Read more...

You’ve heard it before: The buzz says fans of classical music are snobs, posers or geriatric. The stereotypes are everywhere ““ and self-perpetuating. During the station’s pledge drive for donations last week, a DJ for KUSC, local classical station 91.5 FM, made a remark about how the rabble is tense because it listens to high-strung noise across the dial, but that KUSC listeners are characteristically calm during their daily commutes. Read more...