Friday, July 24

Tasers: fatal or just shocking?

I’d never tried getting shot before ““ until I wrote this column. Imagine 50,000 volts of electricity zapping your body for about five seconds. That’s what you could be feeling should you find yourself locked in a death-charged confrontation with a UCLA police officer, who in the future will be equipped with a state-of-the-art, less-than-lethal stun gun. Read more...



Lab contract pushed

At the UC Board of Regents’ meeting on Wednesday, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson came to encourage the regents to enter the competition to renew their management of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, saying that the University of California may be the best candidate for the job. Read more...




News briefs

USAC to combat expected progress requirement The Undergraduate Students Association Council made plans at their Tuesday meeting to launch a campus-wide campaign against the expected cumulative progress requirement’s perceived negative impact on students’ educational careers. Read more...


Online class scheduler gives students alternative to MyUCLA

Between midterms and preparing for those dreaded finals, students have one last task to tackle ““ picking classes for Winter Quarter. With so many major requirements, extracurricular activities and part time jobs, choosing which classes to take ““ and when to take them ““ is no easy feat. Read more...