Monday, July 13

In the news:

Media program sees weak response

Preliminary results from UCLA’s “Get Legal” campaign indicate that although students have begun to use the program, it has gotten off to a slow start. Get Legal, a program designed to combat online media piracy, involves a one-year agreement with digital-media vendors CDigix, iTunes and Mindawn, to provide UCLA students with legal avenues for obtaining entertainment media. Read more...


Markets may open locally

A new farmers’ market is on its way to Brentwood while plans are in the works to bring a market back to Westwood Village, two months after the departure of the Westwood Village Farmers’ Market. Read more...


Editorial: UCLA's Worst: 3. Drop in minority enrollment yet again

Something is fundamentally wrong with UCLA’s admissions system when next year’s freshman class of 4,852 will contain only 96 black students. Despite recent systemwide increases, the overall decline in enrollment of some underrepresented ethnic groups at UCLA and the University of California system is nothing new ““ not since California voters passed Proposition 209 in 1997. Read more...



Candidates clash during symposium

Inside, it was about terrorism. Outside, it was all politics. Just before Rep. Jane Harman, D-Venice, was scheduled to speak at the Faculty Center on Thursday as part of a symposium on terrorism in the U.S. Read more...


Groups take different paths to primaries

In preparation for the upcoming Democratic primary election, UCLA students are looking to directly engage the student body in the election process. Some students have been campaigning for State Treasurer Phil Angelides, targeting the student population, while others are supporting State Controller Steve Westly and have worked directly with the candidate’s campaign. Read more...


News brief: Gubernatorial candidate Westly’s wife visits UCLA

No speeches or large rallies accompanied Anita Yu Westly’s stop at UCLA Wednesday. Instead, Yu Westly, wife of Democratic gubernatorial candidate and State Controller Steve Westly, opted for a small, informal luncheon with students and faculty, discussing the campaign issues as they arose in conversation. Read more...