Today’s topic is professors who have poor classroom skills. But before we do that, we need a legal disclaimer: The professors (or stereotypes thereof) addressed in this column are not necessarily ones in whose classes I am enrolled this quarter, nor is it implied that I have ever taken a class involving these professors. Read more...

Three years ago, my best friend’s dad died from cancer. Two weeks later, she attempted suicide. Even now, when I look back to the night when I was waiting for her to have her stomach pumped, the feelings of nausea, confusion and guilt all rush back. Read more...

The rapid U.S. economic recovery from the recession has been underway for the past 3.5 years, and the growth rate is now slowing down. For the past three years, the U.S. Read more...

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Wal-Mart unfairly excluded from talk On behalf of Wal-Mart, I’d like to provide factual information in response to the claims made in the May 24 Daily Bruin article “Labor center to analyze Wal-Mart model in conference.” The UCLA Labor Center’s claim that Wal-Mart has not yet responded to their request to participate in their upcoming “Is Wal-Mart Good for America?” conference is untrue. Read more...

The other day I heard there were an extreme number of casualties during the most recent campaign in Iraq, the most since Fallujah. When I got home from work, I turned on the television to hear more about the story. Read more...

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