Monday, July 13

In the news:

USAC Presidential Candidates: Lucero Chavez

The undergraduate student government president’s office on the third floor of Kerckhoff Hall will likely seem familiar to Lucero Chavez if she is elected. After all, she has spent the past three years at UCLA working in that same office as a presidential staff member. Read more...




Israeli independence celebrated, debated

It was 3 a.m. on an August night in Israel when the first wave of settlers arrived at the religious school in Old Jerusalem. Michael Snoyman, a UCLA student who was at the school, woke up to see the buses arrive. Read more...


Students rally against sweatshops

Amid shouting, drumming and the booming of megaphones, a group of about 50 UCLA students from the Social Justice Alliance rallied Tuesday at noon in support of sweatshop-free collegiate apparel. Read more...


Slates pass on spending cap

Campaign spending caps became optional for Undergraduate Students Association Council candidates in 2003, but this election marks the first year no slate’s candidates opted to sign on. Read more...


Diary gives a face to HIV/AIDS battle

Thembi Ngubane is just one face in a sea of millions in South Africa affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. But it is her voice that is bringing the realities of the virus’ impact to the United States. Read more...