This past Saturday, the Los Angeles Times reported that John Moores, chairman of the University of California Board of Regents, has written a draft report that raises questions about admissions at UC Berkeley, pointing out that some students with lower SAT scores than others are admitted to the campus under the current admissions policy. Read more...

On Oct. 3, George W. Bush issued a proclamation declaring the week of Oct. 12 through Oct. 18, 2003 Marriage Protection Week. Bush makes it very clear in his statement that although he believes Americans “must continue our work to create a compassionate, welcoming society, where all people are treated with dignity and respect,” this only applies to heterosexual couples, because he very specifically defines marriage as a “union between a man and a woman.” He asserts, “Research has shown that, on average, children raised in households headed by married parents fare better than children who grow up in other family structures.” However, research also shows that children of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender parents fare just as well as children of heterosexual parents; the issue is that of two-parent households, not that of heterosexual-parent households. Read more...

Israel should not have attacked Syrian land because of the actions of a terrorist group, especially unilaterally and without warning. This past Saturday’s suicide bombing in northern Israel, killing 19, was abhorrent. Read more...

Republican party grossly hypocritical The Republican party is ridiculous, period. After ranting about Bill Clinton’s immoral actions in the Oval Office, they go on to nominate a man who admittedly groped multiple women. Read more...

I just got back to my room from voting in the recall election and UCLA students at my local polling place were nowhere to be seen. Read more...

Fifty-four percent of the electorate voted to recall Gov. Davis. Clearly, they held him accountable for the California budget fiasco. The spectacle of a legislature unable to confront hard choices or act on a timely basis ““ and a governor unable to coax it to do so ““ led to Davis’ political demise and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s victory. Read more...

The battle over the allocation of your student fees just keeps getting uglier. Every quarter, students at the various University of California campuses are charged thousands of dollars in student fees, monies that will later be divvied up between the various administrative proceedings and student services in a fair manner. Read more...