Sunday, July 7, 1996 Active participation the best medicine for election-year malaiseBy Mark Gerzon As this election year heats up, our citizens are inundated with negative advertising, fake facts, well-financed accusations and indignant denials. Read more...

Sunday, July 7, 1996 Misogynistic ideas so pervasive, reform rests with individual Here’s a trivia question: What do NWA, IFC, UCLA and CCRI have in common? Read more...

Sunday, July 7, 1996 "I think that there should be some way to make sure that there is working-class representation at the government level … Even someone who is really liberal, like Bill Clinton, is essentially an aristocrat, and lobbying doesn’t just quite cut it." Quynh Nguyen is a history/Asian American studies student. Read more...

Sunday, July 7, 1996Play controversy mirrors identity Editor: I was surprised at the paucity of relevant biography in John Digrado’s piece, "Seven walk out over actor’s race; students oppose Caucasian’s role in production on Frida Kahlo’s life" which appeared on the front page of the Daily Bruin on Wednesday, May 22. Read more...

Monday, July 1, 1996 Experienced Bruin dispels dorm myths When I first got into UCLA, I thought I was in paradise. Finally, I was beginning my new life as a Bruin, far away from my parents and all of those dorks in high school who were now scrambling for jobs at McDonald’s and looking for a cool community college where they could all kick it and try to look cool together. Read more...

Alumnus reflects on first impressions that belied scholar’s warm demeanorMany of us old English majors who attended UCLA in the mid-to-late 1940s remember Professor Majl Ewing with a mixture of impressions: fear (he could be a terror in the lecture room), negativity, indifference, or even warmth, as in my case. Read more...

Contemporary sports dominated by individuals’ need to rank as highest paid Throughout his career, Magic Johnson has been regarded as the ultimate team player. During the 1980s he was part of five championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. Read more...