Monday, May 25

UC staff to steer stem cell research

The formation of the stem cell research oversight commission mandated by the passage of Proposition 71 began last week as the University of California made six appointments to the Independent Citizens Oversight Commission. Read more...


After hours

UCLA’s normally bustling campus seems eerily quiet at 9 p.m. on a foggy Friday night. Its 36,000 students have all left for the weekend and signs of life are few. Read more...


Student dies in dorm room

Amanda “Mandy” Hafleigh, a second-year American literature student, died last Thursday night in her room on the third floor of Dykstra Hall in what police say is an apparent suicide. Read more...


News briefs

LA residents mourn gang violence victims A mock funeral procession of hearses and cars rolled through South Los Angeles and neighboring cities to mourn those killed in the gang-ridden areas. Read more...


Editorial: First Amendment rights must be protected

Universities are supposed to be incubators of free speech and creative exploration. But the administration of Arizona State University decided to trample on those freedoms by threatening the student newspaper after it printed a magazine cover depicting a naked breast with a barbell piercing. Read more...


[Breaking news] Police confirm apparent suicide

A female student died late Thursday night in Dykstra Hall in what police have said is an apparent suicide. Amanda Hafleigh, known on her ultimate frisbee team as “Chip,” was found in her room on the third floor of Dykstra Hall. Read more...


Science briefs

Endangered species battle continues in courts SACRAMENTO “”mdash; A conservative legal group has threatened to sue the federal government over its plans to protect four dozen endangered species in California ranging from peninsular bighorn sheep to the tiny robust spineflower. Read more...