Chris Diaz Diaz is a second-year political science and Asian American studies student with an English minor. E-mail him at [email protected]. So many people talk about how “Asian kids” are smart and dedicated to working hard. Read more...

Farahmandpur is a doctoral student and McLaren is a professor at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. By Ramin Farahmandpur and Peter McLaren Some critics have described the events that recently transpired in Florida as a case of “voter cleansing.” It has been alleged that thousands of votes by African Americans were denied by polling stations that had mysteriously run out of ballots. Read more...

Attack on Bush’s victory unjust Robert Watson’s tirade against President-elect George W. Bush and the American electoral system (“Inauguration spells doom for democratic principles,” Viewpoint, Jan. Read more...

Barr is an organizer and campaign coordinator for UCLA CALPIRG. By Kathleen Barr President Clinton announced a historic preservation plan on Friday that will protect 60 million acres of our national forests from further road-building, logging, mining and other destructive activities. Read more...

Perng is a fourth-year political science student and executive director of the Bruin Republicans. By Simon Perng “With the inauguration of President-elect George Walker Bush, most Americans can now anticipate a new era of government, rooted in civility, cooperation and bipartisanship.” As if you haven’t heard this before. Read more...

  Ariana Brookes Brookes is a third-year English student who mourns the loss of flannel and River Phoenix. E-mail her at [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by Ariana Brookes Angela and Jordan Catalano are making out in the boiler room. Read more...

Polk is a retired government lawyer in Southern California. He graduated from Yale Law School and is a member of the UCLA Alumni Association. By Sam Polk Now that the election has been decided by judicial fiat instead of counting all the votes, it has taught us three painful lessons: the separation of powers and checks and balances of the founders has broken down because the Supreme Court has clearly become partisan; the archaic electoral college has lost its purpose and must go; we need a single, uniform national election system. Read more...