Tuesday, May 12

Letter to the editor

Administrators, let the good times run While I respectfully agree with the administration’s interest in student safety, I vehemently oppose the proposed change to the Undie Run route (“Undie Run fun, but changes are needed,” March 8). Read more...



Self-censorship no substitute for logic

Last September, Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten addressed a very serious issue ““ the assault on freedom of speech. What it recognized was that there is more to freedom of speech than its mere legal protection. Read more...


A quarter off makes a world of difference

The idea was simple enough: I wanted to leave school for a while. During my first two years at UCLA, I was unable to shake the nagging idea, like an itch on my brain, that there was more to be gained from this institution. Read more...


Respect essential in discourse

The printing of the caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad, first by a Danish newspaper and later by other news sources, has gained worldwide attention. And though the issue at hand is sensitive to Muslims and their beliefs, such an event should not dissuade students from engaging in intellectual discourse and dialogue that questions the basis for this apparent “clash” of values. Read more...