Wednesday, May 27

AFSCME members strike at UCLA

A majority of the 2,000 UCLA members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union went on strike on Thursday. AFSCME members work in residential dining and housing services, and the Associated Students of UCLA campus restaurants. Read more...


Mock Trial team wins national championship

After becoming the first team west of the Mississippi River to win the American Mock Trial Association national championship last year, the UCLA Mock Trial team went back to Iowa and won again this year, defeating Georgia Tech in the final round. Read more...


Program on AIDS to be held

Current research being done by the UCLA AIDS Institute to address the problem of AIDS in Africa will be presented at a symposium today in Kaufman Hall. Read more...



Strikers organize picket

Shortly before 5 a.m. Jose Lara, a 53-year-old senior food service worker, stood by himself in De Neve Plaza holding a picket sign outside the dining hall where he normally works from 6:30 a.m. Read more...


UC reserve brings classroom to nature

Across the state there are a number of unique and extensive natural reserves which house diverse flora and fauna, and groups of researchers studying subjects from archaeology to biology to ecology ““ all managed by the University of California. Read more...


In the berry patch

Kirk Larson can describe the scene perfectly: it’s nearly 5 p.m. and the workers have gone home. The sun is setting on a long day of labor in the strawberry fields of Irvine and in the distance, Larson can make out his two teenage sons traversing the horizon on horseback. Read more...