"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice …" This promise is yet to be held for American Muslims today. It must be clarified that the proposed "mosque" near the World Trade Center site is actually a 13-story Islamic community center called Park51 that will have a culinary school and basketball courts. Read more...
Opinion
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August 26, 10:11 pm
Promote community instead of prejudice
Opinion
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August 26, 10:09 pm
Active procrastination can push the stress away
My procrastination only grows as my time at UCLA passes. Read more...
Opinion
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August 26, 8:51 pm
Balancing the path to med school
When I traded periodic tables for political science my freshman year, I thought I was waving goodbye to my medical school ambitions. Read more...
Opinion, Opinion Columns
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August 26, 8:41 pm
Foolish DREAM Act strikers hungering for a spectacle
Is there a sight more stirring than that of sickly students starving themselves outside a senator's office, demanding justice of some sort? Perhaps not "“ all at once the spectacle begs comparison to Mohandas Gandhi, Marion Dunlop and similar champions of social change. Read more...
Opinion
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August 16, 7:53 pm
GEs: a forced education
General Education requirements can be torturous. For some, watching paint dry may be infinitely more appealing than learning that next equation in algebra. Read more...
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You may lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. So goes the time-honored saying, and so goes the lives of so many UCLA students forced to take GE courses.
Opinion
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August 16, 7:51 pm
LGBT acceptance a good goal for UCLA
UCLA is one of the most gay-friendly campuses in the nation, according to Campus Pride, a nonprofit student support group. Read more...
Opinion
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August 16, 7:49 pm
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
With a single well-crafted column, Jordan Manalastas ("Foolish DREAM Act strikers hungering for a spectacle," Aug. 9) managed to bring immigrant youths down from their self-righteous pedestal and really humble them. Read more...