Friday, July 17

Modern student activists more subdued than ’60s protesters

For many students, college is a time of expanding world views and increased involvement in the issues that resonate with them. During their time at UCLA, graduating students may have witnessed or taken part in campus demonstrations against fee increases, for the use of affirmative action, against the war in Iraq or for divestment of university holdings from Sudan. Read more...



UCLA executive arrested

Freddrick Mark Brito, who recently held a position raising funds for the David Geffen School of Medicine, has had a history of working under aliases to hide his criminal history and was arrested after holding his position at UCLA for several months. Read more...


News briefs

Money raised for landslide victims LAGUNA BEACH “”mdash; Some $50,000 was raised during two weekend fundraisers for victims of the Bluebird Canyon landslide, which destroyed more than a dozen multimillion-dollar homes last week. Read more...


Crimewatch

Petty Theft Someone broke into a vending machine and stole $250 at the Math Sciences building on June 4. Grand Theft A $2,500 laptop computer was stolen from 611 Gayley Ave. Read more...


Letters to the editor

Preventing same-sex marriage is discrimination It is truly amazing that the legislature of arguably the most liberal state in the country was unable to pass a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. Read more...