Spencer is a fourth-year English student. By Traci Spencer Since his first commercial release in 1999, Eminem has been the subject of widespread controversy in every facet of American society. Read more...

  David Rigsby Rigsby is a second-year political science student who does not believe that resistance is futile. Until he gets a communication implant installed, you’ll have to reach him at [email protected]. Read more...

Tried as an adult for the death of a 6-year-old girl, Lionel Tate, 13, was convicted of first-degree murder and became the youngest person in Florida history to receive a life sentence. Read more...

Michael is the director of marketing and communications at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.   UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Arthur Friedman, former UCLA professor emeritus, died Jan. Read more...

Massey is a first-year history student. By Drew Massey I am writing in response to Igor Sapozhnikov’s submission (“Growth of conservatism jeopardizes freedom for everyone,” Viewpoint, Feb. Read more...

Johnson is a first-year Ph.D. student in the clinical psychology program. By Chris Johnson The degree of intellectual conformity in university settings regarding matters of culture and politics is truly ironic. The ’60s “progressives,” whom so many young students now seek to emulate, had one important characteristic which is embarrassingly absent from modern student discourse: the insatiable desire to “question.” A quick sampling of campus editorials exposes the same tired battle cries of class warfare, racism and sexism. Read more...

Katz is a first-year history student. By Erin N. Katz In this imperfect world it is hard to believe that people still cling to an institution like capital punishment, a system that has proven time and again to be faulty and racist. Read more...