Saturday, August 15

In the news:


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...



Zai’s got her eye on Westwood

This week, two extremely qualified candidates are running for Facilities commissioner. Both candidates have extensive experience with administrators, something that, sadly, is not so common in the Undergraduate Students Association Council. Read more...