Saturday, August 15

In the news:


Letters to the editor

Undie Run fun, but changes are needed I have to agree with many of the arguments students have regarding UCLA’s Undie Run tradition. I think that the tradition is very unique to UCLA students because of its organic origins. Read more...



Death penalty is an appropriate punishment

The death penalty is necessary in order for justice to be served. With the debate about convicted murderer Michael Morales heating up, it seems appropriate to look at the arguments for abolishing the death penalty in Lana Yoo’s column “As death penalty fades, U.S. Read more...


Hillary Clinton is the one obsessed

Hillary Clinton’s comments last week about Karl Rove and his alleged obsession with her are really nothing short of ludicrous. Her comments are a response to Rove’s rather unoriginal prediction that Clinton would win the Democratic presidential primary, but lose the general election in 2008. Read more...


Share the pomp and circumstance

I recently received The Call from my parents. I’m sure many of you have had the same conversation. “Let’s talk about graduation,” they said. “Let’s talk about furniture!” I replied. Read more...


Credentialism the larger problem

When an editorial calls to rescind the “50 percent rule” in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (“Budget bill jeopardizes legitimacy of education,” March 3), it’s easy to target the knee-jerk panic among brick-and-mortar elitists, despite growing acceptance of the Internet’s impact on learning. Read more...