Pluralism valid goal for the classroom Professor Mitchell Chang claims (“Potential legislation may restrict freedom of California professors,” A Closer Look, Oct. 12) that faculty freedom of expression in the classroom will be threatened if the Academic Bill of Rights is passed. Read more...

The current buzzword is diversity, and with its emergence questions are more often raised than answered. What is diversity and why is it receiving so much attention now? Read more...

I’ve anticipated having to answer three compelling questions, so here are my answers: 1. Yes, it is Friday and my column is running. 2. No, you did not oversleep. Read more...

Over the course of the past year, I kept encountering the term “academic freedom” in the mainstream media. The subject really did not spark my interest, though, until I picked up a copy of the Bruin Standard during my first week on campus. Read more...

It’s quite clear that at least a few criminals look at university folk as easy prey, since you’re not going to be doing much in terms of self-defense against a 9mm handgun with your iPod or the “downward dog” learned in yoga. Read more...

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When I suggested female ejaculation as a topic for this column I was told that it was overdone. And yes, while I wouldn’t say that female ejaculation is as obscure a topic as, say, the idea of being genderqueer, I definitely wouldn’t say that it’s overdone. Read more...