Prop. 54 concerns unwarranted Proposition 54 has taken center stage on the UCLA campus. Compelled by the opposition to the bill, I looked into the actual bill text as well as commentary by the Legislative Analyst’s Office. Read more...

By Alan Wood We’ve all looked at them. Some checklists contain a lot of races, some fewer. Some include generalized place-of-origin groupings such as “Latino” or “Middle Eastern,” some ask you to define which American Indian tribe you are a member of, and others only seem to care about which landmass your ancestors came from. Read more...

The public debate about Proposition 54, the initiative to ban the collection of data identifying race, ethnicity or national origin, is missing one of the most damaging features of this initiative. Read more...

Alex Schulman’s submission (“U.S. must remain adamant, persist with Iraq mission,” Sept. 29) conveys an ideology requiring a thorough response and rebuttal. While the Kissinger-esque opinions he expresses will no doubt guarantee him a comfortable position in a conservative Washington think tank, they represent a dangerous vision for Americans and for others around the world. Read more...

I would like to respond to the letter written by Robbie Hurwitz (“USAC budget allocations unfair,” Sept. 30). First I would like to address the fact that, as an alumnus, Robbie Hurwitz was not an active participant in the base budget process this year, and was not able to see many of the steps made by the Budget Review Committee to guarantee fairness in the budget’s distribution. Read more...

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Simple pleasures are rarely the focus of opinionated literature, due to their supposed lack of political or social relevance. Elite intellectuals, afraid to abandon their safe zone of conflict and controversy, continue to ignore the silly little everyday discoveries and accomplishments that make life so precious. Read more...