Thursday, May 28

[Online] Economists predict slow growth

Following a year of slow economic growth, tiring consumers and industries that are already reaching their maximum potential, business analysts have predicted a sluggish short-term future for the national economy, which they believe is still feeling the impact of the 2001 recession. Read more...



International students bring global perspective to UCLA

She slips her sandals off, stretches out a faded green prayer rug, and begins. Though her days at UCLA are numbered, graduating student Sheela Shneezai still finds time to steal away from her busy schedule to kneel beside an ivy-laden wall behind Kerckhoff and give thanks for being taken from a land of violent upheaval to the quiet corners of Westwood. Read more...




Court favors federal law for marijuana use

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Congress has authority over state law on the issue of medical marijuana, leaving states that have legalized marijuana no longer legally able to distribute it, according to federal law. Read more...


Opening the doors to foreign service

Don Terpstra, a U.S. foreign service officer, served in Chile at the end of Augusto Pinochet’s regime and worked as a U.S. diplomat in Panama when the Panama Canal and Zone reverted back to Panamanian control. Read more...