Tuesday, January 14, 1997 FEAR: Highly emotional anger can blindly drive people into joining political, social movements "Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth." -Pema Chodron 1997. Read more...

Tuesday, January 14, 1997 EQUALITY: Men, women should be able to work together without conflictBy Garrick Ruiz On Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1997 columnist Jennifer Nelson wrote about how separating the sexes in the military would allow both sexes to "realize their full potential." Thinking like this really scares me. Read more...

Monday, January 13, 1997 GOVERNMENT: Oversight diminishes in a one-party student government, may lead to abuse of powerStudents should not be lulled into the false belief that all is well in student government at UCLA. Read more...

Monday, January 13, 1997 BASKETBALL: Attitudes of players holding the team back, not Lavin’s abilitiesBy Robert Vasquez What a mockery UCLA basketball has become! It’s a disgrace, a poor representative of the school and an embarrassment. Read more...

Monday, January 13, 1997 DIALOGUE: Policies that discriminate, not free speech, threaten libertiesBy Philip Hoskins While certainly empathetic to the pain, humiliation and anger that was a result of the boorish behavior described in "Incident of homophobia …" on Jan.9, Marlon Morales is wrong on one point ­ one’s right to free speech does not end "When your words and actions in a public place become blatantly mean spirited and even hateful." At least according to a long line of court decisions, that right includes rude and boorish behavior, even when mean-spirited and hateful. Read more...

Monday, January 13, 1997 OFFENSE: A free thinker unable to speak freely is nothing but a sycophantBy Jeff Lazarus The right to talk is the right to offend. Read more...

Monday, January 13, 1997 CHALLENGE: Passive passersby constitute source of frustration for targets of homophobic slogansBy Matt Pearson As you were passing along Bruin Walk on Thursday, I’m sure many of you noticed the man in the sweater who was standing on one of the low walls across from Kerckhoff shouting so-called "Christian" slogans and holding up a sign which read (and I’m paraphrasing) "Homos are an abomination," followed by the usual Biblical reference from Leviticus. Read more...