Monday, May 11

Letters to the editor

Students First! was crucial to divestment As one of the founding members of the Darfur Action Committee and legislative director of the University of California Sudan Divestment Taskforce, I am writing to in response to Michelle Sassounian’s May 11 letter, “Robles’ campaign claims misleading.” Sassounian wrote, “The Students First! Read more...


Positive change lies in Students First! vote

Students First! has a legacy of enhancing student life and advocating for change both on campus and beyond the UCLA bubble. This year, Students First!, which was formerly Student Power!, successfully lobbied the governor to freeze student fees, putting $500 back into every student’s pocket for the 2006-2007 school year. Read more...



Attracting the wise with money

The top candidate to fill the position of UCLA’s next chancellor, Deborah A. Freund, has decided not to accept the job offer. Her reasoning, as reported in a Los Angeles Times article, citing an anonymous source: UCLA couldn’t find a job for her husband. Read more...


Sex. (I bet you’ll read this column now.)

I saw a display at the student store selling sweatshirts that said, “My Weiner Does Tricks.” No wonder mine can only play dead. It is much debated whether the openness and saturation of sexual discussion in our culture is destroying our moral values. Read more...


UCLA should get smart, go organic

How many times have you seen a recipe for a cake that called for two cups of high-fructose corn syrup? Or been sitting at the dinner table with your parents and asked your father to pass the sodium-lactate? Read more...