Trisha Kirk Kirk is a fourth-year political science student who can form an opinion about anything, but always gives the other side a fighting chance. Read more...

Hewitt is a third-year English student. By Kate Hewitt In his column, Brent Hopkins shows he is being too hard on our wonderful, sin-filled city called Las Vegas ("Sin City’s tacky sleaze in end often fails to please," Daily Bruin, Viewpoint, Nov. Read more...

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Partin is a third-year political science student. By Jerod Partin Sarkis Babikian’s submission “Outdated electoral college system hinders democracy” (Daily Bruin, Viewpoint, Nov. 13), criticizes the electoral college as an “outdated” system that “hinders democracy.” Referring to Vice President Al Gore, Babikian states, “It is illogical that someone who wins the popular vote has a chance at not winning the presidency.” Babikian also implies that the only purpose of the Electoral College was to make it easier to tally votes for the president. Read more...

  Nicole Seymour Seymour is a fourth-year American literature and culture student. She loves reruns of "90210" on FX and hates physical exertion. E-mail comments to [email protected]. Read more...

Patel is a fourth-year business economics student. By Nihar Patel The principle culprits in Justin Levi’s column, “Eliminating economic barriers benefits all involved” (Daily Bruin, Viewpoint, November 15) are those who oppose and protest against organizations such as the World Trade Organization, and legislation like the North American Free Trade Agreement. Read more...

Crime, hate unacceptable in rivalry Thumbs down to using school rivalry as an excuse for hate, grand theft and cruelty to animals. Though it’s expected that students from UCLA and USC would demonstrate their school pride before the annual football game, some of the methods used are abhorrent and inexcusable. Read more...