Board is unfair to USAC candidates I feel it is completely unfair how the Editorial Board, while endorsing certain candidates for Undergraduate Students Association Council positions, chose to bash the candidates it judged to be unqualified (USAC Candidate Endorsements, Viewpoint, May 9). Read more...
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May 11, 9:00 pm
Letters
Opinion
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May 11, 9:00 pm
Speaks Out
More and more students are getting their educations via the Internet. Do you think online colleges are a good idea? NAME: Sud Doss YEAR: Fourth-year MAJOR: Microbiology and molecular genetics "You can get certain things out of an online class or tutorial, but there’s nothing like one-on-one contact with a professor." NAME: Brent Henrikson YEAR: First-year MAJOR: Electrical engineering "I think that as long as they’re credible that they’re fine. Read more...
Opinion
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May 10, 9:00 pm
Federal downsizing devours poor, feeds corporate greed
These days, the corporate media are having a ball. Between the summer Olympics, election coverage, and, of course, Elian Gonzalez, there are plenty of sweet nothings to be whispered into America’s attentive ears. Read more...
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May 10, 9:00 pm
Uncle Sam ignores taxpayer wishes, provides false hopes
College students are told outright, and implicitly, that everything they have learned up to the point of entering college has been an outright lie. While most of this reeducation centers around liberals’ mistrust of a government “run amok” internationally, it is useful to remember that the government kills with kindness as often as with neglect. Read more...
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May 10, 9:00 pm
Subcontracting Med Center duties is dirty business
By Luu Doan UCLA officials are planning to subcontract critical services that might leave our hospital with unsanitary linen and insecure medical information. Imagine waking up groggy after surgery at the UCLA Medical Center. Read more...
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May 10, 9:00 pm
ASUCLA closes doors to student accountability
The Associated Students of UCLA’s Board of Directors has some big decisions to make about the future of the largest student-owned business venture in the country. Read more...
Opinion
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May 9, 9:00 pm
Students should make their voices heard by voting
The outcome may seem inevitable, the results may seem insignificant, but students have a world of pressing reasons to vote in this week’s undergraduate and graduate student government elections. Read more...