Remember why affirmative action exists At the University of California Regents meeting last Thursday, the focus turned to affirmative action, a topic fast on its way to becoming the hot button issue in 1995. Read more...

Feminism and abortion are two separate issues By Bess Hubbard This letter is in response to Roxane Marquez’s Jan. 12 column, "A continuing defense of reproductive freedom" and to Chris Ford’s rebuttal, "Defense of ‘choice’ is just an excuse for murder." The recent slayings of two workers at an abortion clinic seem to be heating up the abortion issue in the media again. Read more...

Life’s subtler pleasures are the most rewarding What’s the antonym for "point"? Because this column doesn’t have one. Just a little caveat. My dad used to interrupt me midsentence and say, "So what’s your point?" He always told me that I should be able to summarize a whole movie in a sentence. Read more...

Is success in life a foot race or a state lottery? By James Lebakken In last year’s Daily Bruin the chancellor took a stance supporting affirmative action. Read more...

A Chicano perspective on American education today There is currently a debate raging over the quality of education at primary, secondary and post-secondary levels of instruction. Read more...

Tale of a Greyhound bus at border checkpoint By Linda White It is Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday and I am returning from a weekend in San Diego aboard the trusty red,white and blue Greyhound bus. Read more...

Examining pros, cons of affirmative action By Khoa Lam After reading the Associated Press article on the campaign against affirmative action, ("Jackson attacks anti-affirmative action campaign," Daily Bruin, Jan. Read more...