Friday, May 15

Panel discusses peace in Middle East

Sincere negotiation, respect and cooperation must prevail in order for there to be peace in the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict, said speakers at the United 4 Freedom panel held last Thursday. Read more...


Increased summer fees worry students

Finances are running dry for third-year transfer student Maureen Brackey. Family-related medical problems, a traffic collision and a terminated scholarship have deteriorated her financial stability ““ and now she worries summer school fees will break the bank. Read more...



College students already taking care of business

Students who expect to be atop the next wave in corporate America once they graduate will engage in extreme competition with their peers ““ those who have already put in gear their enterprising dreams and have decided to pursue their business ventures now. Read more...


Hertzberg lectures on state budget crisis

Less than a week before Gov. Gray Davis is expected to announce deep budget cuts statewide, former California State Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg declared that the current state budget crisis is “a political crisis, not a financial crisis.” In a lecture titled “California’s Crisis: Budgeting in a Strait Jacket,” Hertzberg briefly discussed possible solutions to the crisis to a mixed audience of businessmen, city councilmembers and students. Read more...



Chávez Center looks to expand

After 10 years, the César E. Chávez Center has firmly established its footing as the primary resource for Chicana/o studies at UCLA, and its leaders will now take on the task of becoming a full-blown department. Read more...