What she said may be distasteful and hurtful, but it was by no means threatening. It would be unconstitutional to expel her. She should not be officially punished by the school. I think she has suffered quite a bit since the video viraled. She will forever be known as MIss Ching Chong Ling Long. She will not have a good senior year, and should consider transferring.

if this was switched around an asian ranting on whites, title of this column would be “asian terrorist spreads hate and violence across campus grounds, white’s seek police protection”

Look, if the Westboro Baptist Church, one of the most incendiary hate groups in the nation, can receive a favorable ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on the grounds of free speech as protected by the First Amendment, then Alexandra Wallace’s idiotic ramblings are, unfortunately, no exception by far. The current social consequences she is facing right now on the local, and indeed national level should suffice for years to come.

She may not be legally or constitutionally liable, but her conduct was nonetheless repugnant and, at the very least, internally within the school, an appropriate measure should be taken. She may have to do a public apology in our campus in person in front of the student body. I still don’t know if she learned any lesson from all this. Only thing I read so far was her short statement of “apology,” still embedded with an attitude, and that doesn’t tell us much. If UCLA lets this girl go without any punishment, UCLA is going to set a really bad precedent. As an alum, I’m embarrassed by her and disappointed in our admission’s office.

What a way to go from POPULAR to “POOPOOLAR” way to go Alexandra!

I know some of you are thinking it her right to the first Amendment, which is correct. However, that right contradicts, if we let the first amendment become an inconsiderate right of speech in passing judgment and thinking ones race is more superior to another is a very wrongful view of our first amendment. The right to criticize, put ones race down, to think ignorance is okay, and to say one race is more superior in exercising our first amendment, than AMERICA we have a problem. Esp. when it comes down to racial slurs and putting down ones ethnic group. If the right of one’s speech protects that? Every racism or hate crimes are a hoax. Let me ask, what is America, if the Latinos, Asians, Natives, Blacks and Whites do not make up America? We all are Americans! If you are a legal residence and were born here, we are Americans of the United States no matter what race you are. NO one’s race is superior to the other. To conclude, it is not okay to exercise racial remarks/slurs for our use of our first Amendment rights!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1FtYjTKkXI

In that video same professor said it can be punishable base on sex, race, and religion…LOL

It one thing to vent, but it’s another thing to be offensive. I am disppointed at UCLA. I will discontinue my monthly contribution to the campus.

AC, you’re an idiot to think that one person reflects the value of everyone at UCLA.

What was said in that video was without a doubt racial remarks that incorrectly generalized the asian community in a negative way. Never mind if it’s protected by the First Amendment or not, what she said and the delivery of how she said those comments were tactless and inconsiderate by the judgement of any decent human being. Speaking as a current student in this campus, I’m proud of how us Bruins have handled the scandal, laughing it off and not taking it personally, but unfortunately those outside our campus aren’t handling it the we are. I think we can all agree that as a result of her racist remarks, people outside campus, the state, and even our country have stopped to think twice about UCLA’s reputation. Her thoughtless behavior has ultimately affected not only her reputation, but tainted the school’s. Look’s like SC has the last laugh after all.

Someone said that one person’s remarks cannot reflect badly on UCLA as a whole. They can. They do. If a third-year Political Science student manages to pass all her course requirements and still confuses race (“Asians”) with nationality (“Americans”) their department can’t be worth much.

If I donated money to UCLA I wouldn’t be posting in the Bruin, I’d have the question to the Dean.

Protected speech means she cannot be censored by law. But it doesn’t mean it follows the UC code of conduct all students get in their handbook, whereby we agreed not to make other students uncomfortable with our repulsive behavior. No one is forcing another viewpoint on her, and no one is keeping her from embarrassing herself further – but far far away. But she should be officially sanctioned in some way. I’m not talking about ruining her future, she’ll do that on her own. But just maybe the school should do what they would do if this was not in the public eye, sit her down and tell her her CA state subsidized education is at risk of being revoked – they have the right. If not then, all the strong words used by UC regents and Gov. Schwarzenegger in the wake of last year’s UCSD fiasco mean nothing.

And death threats my eye. She’s dropping out because she’s become unpopular.

I am a student at UCLA and I am extremely disappointed with the decision of the University for not officially expelling Wallace for reason of, in line with an editorial comment published by the New York Times, that her video is “clearly constitutionally protected”. This decision sends a different message to all the Asian members on campus: we are still easy targets. If the targeted group was toward African Americans, Jewish, and/or Muslims, the result would be different because Asians as a race, an ethnic group, a people and culture could be “humored” in that manner. There are more people who share such humor with Wallace on Chancellor Block’s Facebook. Some consider the video “funny”— and so, the Asians are just laughing stocks and white America could use to humor with fully protected right from the constitution. If this is the case, should we expect more of such “clearly constitutionally protected” video with hateful opinions to be produced soon, and in a large amount? I sure hope not. But what is true is, UCLA will not be the same anymore. This is a campus that allows for such hateful speech targeted at a particular group. Or maybe, just the groups that don’t usually make much trouble for anyone else. And so, “Asians” friends, do expect to be imitated again and forever, because you people only speak one sing-song language and you people can never be real, true, all, “American” even if you give all your brain to America, win a medal for the USA, and go fight a war and die for American democracy. When you really need democracy, you will be given CHING CHONG LING LONG TING TONG— it was like that 150 years ago, and it is still like that NOW!