Thursday, November 5

Goodbye Starbucks, hello Ritalin

Would you rather drink a pot of coffee or pop a tiny pill? Are you a big fan of rereading the same page over and over again, not absorbing any information whatsoever as you glance at the clock and realize hopelessly that there’s no way you’ll be ready for your exam by 11 a.m.? Read more...


Letters to the Editor

Time-honored rivalry takes a back seat The Bruin Bear is hibernating. Why else would a 2-ton piece of aluminum foil be hiding underneath a specially tailored tarp? Read more...


Homelessness is everyone’s problem

Westwood’s colorful collection of indigents tends to shape most students’ view of Los Angeles’ homeless population. It’s easy to think, for instance, that the panhandler on Broxton Avenue is representative of the 80,000-plus people who spend any given night in the streets, parks and shelters of our city. Read more...


Letters to the Editor

AIDS fight should focus on females At the 2005 Provincial People’s Health Summit in South Africa, hundreds of HIV-positive and -negative women described the challenges they face in their sexual relations. Read more...