Letters to the editor

Affirmative action hypocritical

An explicit call to reinstate affirmative action in University
of California admissions was made in the Viewpoint submission
“Board of Regents’ decision will racially segregate
UC,” (Oct. 8). I say, why stop there?

Sure, African Americans are an underrepresented minority, but we
ignore a group that is just as disproportionately represented:
European Americans. This underrepresented majority comprises over
75 percent of America’s population but fewer than 35 percent
of the UCLA student body. Where is the outcry of injustice?

The athletic program is becoming too talented as well. To
prevent this we must lower our standards to ensure that, for
example, we gain proportional representations of Asians on our NCAA
football and basketball teams. It’s only fair, right?

Race is obviously the only thing that separates us, so we must
further our racial separation through intense scrutiny based only
on the color of our skin. If we fail to do so, our university will
continue to admit the best and the brightest ““ regardless of
race ““ and this we cannot stand for.

Martin Luther King Jr. was dead wrong ““ we must judge
people only by the color of their skin, and not by the content of
their character. Sound ridiculous? So does affirmative action.

David Schrenzel Second”“year undeclared
student

Conservative speakers needed for balance

The concept of spending student fees to pay Michael Moore to
come speak on campus (“Moore event divides campus,”
News, Oct. 12) is just flat out wrong. It is even worse without the
counterbalance of a conservative speaker. University fees should
not be spent on political events. Not for the liberals, not for the
conservatives. An event with one side speaking and the other left
muted is inappropriate.

Donovan Daughtry of the commission said that they have invited
conservative speakers in the past with very little success.
Obviously that’s going to be the case if they’re
inviting a no-name conservative speaker. Why don’t they
invite Bill O’Reilly? I’m sure he’d love to go
head-to-head with Michael Moore.

There is no excuse for inviting only Moore. If he is given the
opportunity to spread his propaganda and half-truths, then so
should the conservatives. Both sides manipulate the facts to their
advantage, and unfortunately many voters buy it with every dime
they have. So to give only Moore the stage without a conservative
counterbalance will result in many uneducated votes Nov. 2.

Chey Tor UCLA alumnus