Wednesday, May 27

Generalizing generations doesn’t make sense

Friday, March 13, 1998 Generalizing generations doesn’t make sense GENX Stereotyping misses the point that individuals can be very different from the group By Paolo Bayless As if it were not enough to be labeled by our race, gender, religion, hair color, etc., those of us born between baby booms have been recently labeled as members of the lost generation known as "X." With this label comes a vast number of generalizations, stereotypes and almost juvenile oversimplifications. Read more...


Harrassment policy fails to protect victims

Thursday, March 12, 1998 Harrassment policy fails to protect victims Students should take initiative to rework policy that requires lengthy investigation By Darnell Grisby UCLA’s campus sexual harassment policy should be changed, as it is overzealous in its attempts to protect members of the Academic Senate from false sexual harassment accusations. Read more...


Letters

Thursday, March 12, 1998 Letters Education has import too Daniel Inlender’s article, "It’s time to look beyond the numbers," (March 10) misses an important point: students today are not getting the basic education that they need. Read more...


Time to look past interracial barriers

Thursday, March 12, 1998 Time to look past interracial barriers MARRIAGE: Historically speaking, integration is best between the sheets I believe that interracial relationships are one of the last unspoken taboos in our society. Read more...


Rally serves as kickoff for election games

Thursday, March 12, 1998 Rally serves as kickoff for election games USAC: Members care more about themselves than sanctions in Iraq By Roee Ruttenberg I would like to applaud USAC President Kandea Mosley and USAC External Vice-President Stacy Lee for their productive efforts to once again fool the Bruin community in sponsoring and promoting unenlightened squabble on Thursday at Meyerhoff Park and throughout the UCLA campus. Read more...


Thumbs up/Thumbs down

Thursday, March 12, 1998 Thumbs up/Thumbs down Senate passes bond measure Thumbs up to the State Senate, which approved an unprecedented $9.2 billion school and university bond measure last Tuesday. Read more...


Hard-earned rights imperiled by bigotry

Wednesday, March 11, 1998 Hard-earned rights imperiled by bigotry DISCRIMINATION: State legislature must respect regents’ policy on benefits for domestic partners It’s taken nearly 15 years of lobbying for gay and lesbian employees of the University of California to be granted partner benefits. Read more...