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Gamers: Play in our world
Every person gasps with agony when I reveal that I have never read a single Harry Potter book nor watched an entire Star Wars movie without falling asleep. And this severe aversion to anything involving science fiction or fantasy has always led me to wonder: Am I an anomalous freak?
Model salvia laws on tobacco legislation
The California Legislature plans to restrict the sale of salvia, a currently legal hallucinogenic drug, to people ages 18 and over.
New condos should not replace condors
Sixty miles north of Los Angeles lies historic Tejon Ranch, a haven for wildlife spanning mountains, grasslands, deserts and woodlands. Tejon Ranch is one of few places that still provides a habitat for the endangered California Condor.
Extended primary proves Obama’s electability
This week UCLA students voted for Undergraduate Students Association Council members and The Green Initiative Fund. In Indiana and North Carolina, people made decisive votes for the Democratic presidential nominee.
Taking steps to be safe ought to be as intuitive as wearing a seat belt
For most students, the sexual assault at Drake Stadium on April 24 was a little too close to home.
Viable public transit is L.A.’s ticket to decongestion
I’m going to miss my train home ... again.
Letters to the Editor
Campus speeches are a waste As a UC San Diego alumnus who’s witnessed firsthand the self-congratulatory State of the Campus address delivered annually by our student government, I choked on my coffee at reading the Daily Bruin’s praise of ... Forget Clinton’s marginal victory in Indiana on Tuesday. Forget the implications it has for her campaign. Forget Obama’s 14-percent win in a state with nearly twice as many delegates as Indiana. As supporters of The Green Initiative Fund, we would like to address some statements made in the editorial published in Friday’s Daily Bruin, titled “Green initiative’s logistics are impractical” (May 2). Fair and free elections. Progressive lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. Concern for the environment. Equal rights for women. These phrases describe only one country in the Middle East: Israel. “Carne Asada is not a crime.” Undergraduate student government spends $3 million a year in student fee money, and they appoint dozens of students to important boards and committees on campus. As voting takes place this week, you’re going to hear a lot about the different slates’ ideas for next year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council. There is an issue that is less often discussed: What did they actually do for me this year? After nearly two decades of sounding the clarion call to progressivism from Kerckhoff’s towers, Students First! now risks looking out of touch and anachronistic.Clinton runs risk of ruining Democrats’ presidential chances
Editorial misunderstood initiative
Celebrate 60 years of free, progressive society
Support the cause: Let them eat tacos
The UCLA community should help in the fight for the free enterprise of East L.A. catering trucks
Editorial: Lack of voting hurts campus
Slates deserve a complete review
Bruins United may not have met every goal this year, but its progress should be recognized
Editorial Cartoon
Students First! could turn it around
Slate has lost prominence in recent years, but its current palatable campaign could tip the scale
DBTV
One on One with Patrick Dempsey: "Made of Honor"
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