Sunday, May 10

We can’t afford to criminalize expression

Details of bathroom-stall vandalism graced the front page of the Daily Bruin on Nov. 2. Under the headline “Anti-Semitism marks UCLA,” the paper reported an incident in which someone wrote “fuck Jews” on a Kerckhoff Hall bathroom stall and drew swastikas. Read more...


Trial must be taken off political agenda

It was just supposed to be a trial of a high-profile dictator, not the global, finger-pointing, conspiracy-theory-provoking, divisive issue that it has become. “Politicize” is definitely the verb du jour; everything from Sept. Read more...


To vote selfishly or selflessly?

Today we’re faced with weighty choices. We have to pick the leaders of our state and our representatives in Congress. Thanks to the slew of California ballot initiatives, we also have the opportunity to vote on a few laws and a few bond measures that could cost us down the line. Read more...


Human rights abuse not just Coke’s problem

Coke and Colombia. The two go together like fashion and France, sex-tourism and southeast Asia, or democracy and Iraq. So I was surprised when I found out the most recent scandal from the land of FARC and Pablo Escobar involved the Coke of the drinking variety. Read more...



Letters to the Editor

Prop. 85 a good choice for families Proposition 85 is common-sense litigation that many “pro-choicers” and “pro-lifers” agree upon. It is only logical that parents, who are morally, legally and financially responsible for their daughters, should be included in a life-altering medical procedure such as abortion. Read more...