At 3:37 a.m., a guttural yell from outside makes its way through the brick and mortar of the otherwise silent chambers of Powell Library. I have been there for four straight hours and, feeling entitled to a break, quickly step out to investigate. Read more...

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Evidence enough for anti-Coke activists I have concerns with Alec Mouhibian’s column on the Coke-Free rally (“Anti-Coke protesters’ logic falls flat,” April 25). I attended the protest and supported the rally because, as far as I’m concerned, the testimonies of the former union workers pressured by Coke paramilitary to dissolve, the testimony from the private investigations of Colombian Coke factories by Leslie Gill, and the integrity of student-worker front and their well-researched approach to campaigns was enough evidence for me. Read more...

It’s late on a Monday night. You have homework to do, but instead, you’re downloading some Rage Against the Machine, watching the end of the UCLA-Gonzaga game again on YouTube, and perusing the message boards at BigCorporationsSuck.org. Read more...

Nuclear solution overlooks terrorism Kenneth Waltz may be a famous and well-respected political scientist. His theories claiming that the slow spread of nuclear weapons may lead to world peace are widely read and studied, as noted in Daniel Atherton’s column (“Iran just wants to play with the big boys,” April 24). Read more...

You know it’s time for midterms when you arrive at Powell and find students packed into cubicles like sardines, or when you automatically mutter curses at the sight of clocks, books and papers. Read more...

A derisive slant, in conjunction with a cavalier attitude, seems to be Alec Mouhibian’s method of choice in “Anti-Coke protesters’ logic falls flat” (April 25). Mouhibian informs us of Coke-Free Campus’ reasoning and intent to ban Coca-Cola products from the UCLA campus without any background investigation or even attending any of the meetings. Read more...