Have the budget cuts affected anything at UCLA that you’ve noticed? Have you been affected by the fee increase? Tami Vuong Third-year, English “It hasn’t really affected me directly, but a lot of my friends have to pay their own fees and are worried about how to cover the costs.” Debbie Huang First-year, psychology “I’ve paid a lot more in student fees. Read more...

On Sept. 9, I drank an ice coffee and sat with friends for several hours at Café Hillel in Jerusalem. Twenty-four hours later, I heard the café being blown to shreds by a Palestinian suicide bomber. Read more...

For a decade California held the line on college fee increases. But this year Gov. Gray Davis was faced with a budget shortfall and a Legislature that would not approve new revenues, which left the state’s three public college and university systems with no choice but to increase student fees. Read more...

Schwarzenegger better choice for conservatives I truly sympathize with Paul Marian (“McClintock clearly the better choice,” Sept. 26); however, as a (fiscal) conservative myself, I must disagree with his conclusion. Read more...

Arnold Schwarzenegger does not strike me as a very smart guy. This week he declined to debate Gov. Gray Davis in front of a national audience on “Larry King Live.” In this past Wednesday’s debate, for which the candidates conveniently had the questions given to them in advance, Schwarzenegger did not venture far from the rehearsed responses and standard facts on which he has relied throughout his campaign. Read more...

Schwarzenegger not a serious candidate What frightens me most about candidate Schwarzenegger is not the scary characters he promotes in his violent films, although this hypocrisy needs to be addressed by parents (with their children). Read more...

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