Online lectures could benefit good students When I read an article or essay about making lectures available on-line, there is inevitably a professor who is afraid that interaction and “human contact” will be lost to technology. Read more...

Is technology making it easier for today’s UCLA students than it was for previous generations of Bruins? Most people would answer with a resounding “Yes.” Computer tools make it so easy to draft and edit a term paper, perform calculations, design spaces and more. Read more...

There’s something to be said for selling out. A new high school in Philadelphia is selling advertising space in and on their buildings, charging up to $1 million for a single wall. Read more...

Middle East should grow up The editorial “Cartoon controversy shows bad judgment” (Feb. 6) misses the significance of recent events in the Middle East and Asia. Read more...

During a recent broadcast of “60 Minutes,” Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman expressed his distaste for Black History Month, the United States’ observation of the contributions blacks have made to this country. Read more...

Arnold Schwarzenegger has become a girlie-man. Now I have no problem with cross-dressing, as the traffic cameras at Hollywood and Vine can attest. In life, it signifies a charming complexity. Read more...

Colin Powell has said, “Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word, and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.” It is unfortunate that, after his performance at the United Nations in 2003, Colin Powell likely has about as much credibility in Europe as James Frey does with readers, because everyone in Europe could stand to take heed. Read more...