Wednesday, November 11, 1998 Muslims, Islam under attack in terrorist movie ‘The Siege’ MOVIE: Hollywood inflicts pejorative view of group on susceptible audiences By Salar Rizvi The headlines read "Crafting a ‘Siege’ Mentality" as the faces of Denzel Washington, Annette Bening and Tony Shahloub stare aghast at the machinations of some would-be terrorist. Read more...
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November 10, 9:00 pm
Muslims, Islam under attack in terrorist movie ‘The Siege’
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November 10, 9:00 pm
Society imposes femininity on women
Wednesday, November 11, 1998 Society imposes femininity on women WOMEN: Standards of beauty, self-esteem mask individual value, strength By Debrah Shurman This submission is in response to Catie Bailard’s column titled "Sugar ‘n’ Spice as effective as feminism" (Viewpoint Nov. Read more...
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November 10, 9:00 pm
Funding from state should aid outreach, rework K-12 system
Wednesday, November 11, 1998 Funding from state should aid outreach, rework K-12 system DIVERSITY: Current policy ignores broad issue, focuses solely on helping UC-qualified students With all the talk about outreach lately, one might think legislators, university officials and student groups have devised the perfect solution to California’s educational inequities. Read more...
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November 9, 9:00 pm
Leave senses in Las Vegas
Tuesday, November 10, 1998 Leave senses in Las Vegas THOUGHT: Take a vacation from responsibility with overload of sight, sound, smell, sin Being in Las Vegas is such a trip. Read more...
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November 9, 9:00 pm
Punish hate crimes with more time
Tuesday, November 10, 1998 Punish hate crimes with more time CRIMES: Perpetrators of actions motivated by racial, sexual bias should face harsher penalties By Adrian Haymond I read with interest the article "Punishment fits crime, not cause" by Matthew Gever (Viewpoint, Nov. Read more...
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November 9, 9:00 pm
Sever penchant for racist death penalty
Tuesday, November 10, 1998 Sever penchant for racist death penalty DEATH: Join working class in fight to free activist Jamal from capitalist legal system By Michelle Oberman The vindictive, racist frame-up of Mumia Abu-Jamal now places his life directly in the scales of justice as the state’s executioners prepare their machinery of death. Read more...
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November 9, 9:00 pm
Thumbs up / thumbs down
Tuesday, November 10, 1998 Thumbs up / thumbs down Topless law unnecessary on ballot Thumbs down to a Maine ordinance, which, if it had passed, would have punished women for displaying their breasts in public. Read more...