Can somebody please tell me what a college degree is worth these days? Not much, I’m thinking. In an era marked by war, volatile market climates and rapid technological growth, it’s easy to miss many of the gradual and less apparent social transitions of the past two decades. Read more...

Do you think there should be a state alcohol tax of five cents above the wholesale price of every alcoholic drink sold? Why? Andrea Yocum First-year, sociology “I am against an alcohol tax because it’s someone’s own fault if they get themselves in the hospital. Read more...

When National Public Radio did a sample questioning two weeks ago, several Americans responded by saying that if more than 10 Americans died in a war with Iraq, it would be akin to disaster. Read more...

I want peace. I love peace. I would pay any price necessary to attain peace. Yes, even the price of a morally waged war. Without morally waged war, black people would still be wrongfully enslaved in the South (case in point: U.S. Read more...

History tells us that there are no real victors in the battlefield; we are all losers as we not only kill or maim soldiers and innocent civilians, but also cause irreparable damage to the environment. Read more...

I commend the Daily Bruin’s editorial on the memory of Cindy Rabuy “Rabuy’s model service should be remembered” (April 4) for setting her as a prime example of a student activist. But I wanted to highlight another aspect of Cindy I think we can all learn from: her capacity to be loving. Read more...

When I graduated from UCLA in June 1995 I wondered, while sitting among thousands of fellow graduates, if my work would make a difference in the world. Read more...