Tuesday, April 14, 1998 Prop. 209 consequences cannot be ignored ADMISSION: Students must demand that chancellor address decline of ethnic diversity on campus By Kandea Mosley As of October 1994, when the possibility of the total elimination of affirmative action at the University of California hit the airwaves, students launched a major campaign to address this issue and fight for the preservation of educational equity. Read more...

Tuesday, April 14, 1998 Immigrants not to blame for environment’s problems ENVIRONMENT: Everyone equally responsible for preventing destruction By Garrick Ruiz Immigrants are blamed for many of the biggest problems facing society today: poverty, unemployment, crime, disease and public education failures. Read more...

Tuesday, April 14, 1998 Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down Making sports gender-blind Thumbs up to California State University Stockton for making progress in equalizing scholarship funding for female athletes. Read more...

Tuesday, April 14, 1998 Use public transit to stop parking woes BRUINCARD: Fare-free program would allow more commuting students to take buses to UCLA By Andrew Jon Westall and Brian Taylor As the co-author of the BruinCard Bus Pass Pilot Project Proposal for the 1998-99 academic year, I would like to address Tiffani Chin’s comments in the Daily Bruin ("It’s not the fare that keeps us off the bus," April 7). Read more...

Monday, April 13, 1998 Small steps can bridge the gender gap HE SAID/SHE SAID: Men should be caring, show emotion, not dismiss women for having ‘issues’ Time and time again I have overheard guys telling their friends that they have it all figured out – women just have "issues." You men roll your eyes and pretend that you want nothing to do with anybody who has "issues." But realistically, you do. Read more...

Monday, April 13, 1998 Tough task of job-hunting needs nerves of steel COLUMN: Problems, fears about life after graduation elicit screams of terror from seniors Guess who’s back? Read more...

Monday, April 13, 1998 Limiting immigration key to saving environment POLLUTION: Reducing per capita consumption preferable, not realistic Last June, the president of the U.N. General Assembly opened Earth Summit II saying: "We as a species – as a planet – are teetering on the edge, living unsustainably and perpetrating inequity, and may soon pass the point of no return." The April 9 Daily Bruin chillingly illustrated this warning. Read more...