Avedian is a fifth-year neuroscience and music composition student. She is chair of Young Americans for Freedom and a Bruin Republicans board member. By Gabrielle Suzanne Avedian Ever since crowning Vice President Al Gore “Prince of the Popular Vote,” there has been much talk about eliminating the Electoral College system and replacing it with one in which the president is elected directly by a majority of the popular vote. This would not only be disastrous, but tyrannous as well. Read more...

Zubi is a fourth-year psychobiology student. By Affnan Zubi Here we are once again, caught up in the storm of Beat ‘SC week, worrying whether or not UCLA’s football team can bounce back from last year’s humiliating defeat to USC. Read more...

EDITORIAL BOARD Christine Byrd  Editor in Chief Michael Litschi  Managing Editor Jonah Lalas  Viewpoint Editor Barbara Ortutay  News Editor Amy Golod  Staff Representative Timothy Kudo  Staff Representative Brian O’Camb  Staff Representative   Unsigned editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board. Read more...

  Maisha Elonai Elonai is finishing her last quarter as an English student at UCLA. Like a good columnist, she’ll stick her nose in anybody’s business. Read more...

Shapiro is a first-year undeclared student. By Benjamin Shapiro The sanctions against Iraq have three different purposes: punitive, political and preventive. First, the sanctions exist for punitive purposes. Read more...

Kim is a policy studies graduate student. By Paula H. Kim Students at UCLA are more diverse in terms of age, parental and marital status than ever before. Read more...

Parekh is a third-year physiological science student. By Saadia Parekh This past August, America celebrated 10 years of genocide in Iraq. For 10 years, Iraq has been silently dwindling away under U.N.-imposed and U.S.-sponsored economic sanctions. Read more...