Thursday, August 6

Changes in programming may affect free speech

The director of student programming brought up First Amendment concerns after the undergraduate student government proposed to alter how it registers student groups. Director Berky Nelson expressed concerns about infringing on students’ constitutional free speech rights that might result from changing the process of registering a student group. Read more...



Letters to the Editor

Kudos to the Daily Bruin It was refreshing to see two intelligent economic perspectives in Tuesday’s edition (“A taxing debate between two UCLA professors,” Roger Farmer, Theodore Andersen, Jan. Read more...


Connerly owes an apology for his statements

University of California Regent Ward Connerly owes the public an apology. During an appearance on CNN recently, Connerly said he does not think Senator Trent Lott is racist and that “one can believe in segregation and believe in equality of races.” Connerly has a right to hold whatever opinions he wishes. Read more...




CalPIRG tries to secure pledges during financial shortage

UCLA’s chapter of a prominent activist student group continues its unique struggles to survive and shake the nickname of “The five-dollar-a-quarter group.” Since 1994, The California Public Interest Research Group has survived by organizing a pledge drive every quarter. Read more...