Friday, May 15



Teach-in warns against U.S. altruism

In contrast to the leftist inclination of the typical audience at anti-war events, many in attendance at Thursday’s teach-in voiced their impassioned support for continued military efforts in the Middle East to overthrow “oppressive” regimes. Read more...


GSA candidates for IVP

With Graduate Students Association elections less than a week away, John Pipan and Victoria Irigoyen, the two candidates running for the position of internal vice president, hinted at having different focuses if elected. Read more...


UC budget doesn’t cut into Howland’s salary

The UC Regents met last Thursday to discuss how they would deal with hundreds of millions of dollars in budget cuts to the UC system. That same day, UCLA held a press conference to announce the hiring of men’s basketball coach Ben Howland at the hefty price of almost $1 million a year for seven years. Read more...


Most faculty oppose semester switch

UCLA faculty’s overwhelming desire to stay with the quarter system was announced Tuesday during the third Legislative Assembly meeting of the year. Forty-six of the 57 departments that submitted reports voted to keep the current academic calendar while only six voted to change to semesters. Read more...


Letters to the editor

UI is justified, not a contradiction As leader of the United Independents USAC slate, I feel it is necessary to answer the questions raised in Wednesday’s editorial, “LaFlamme’s new slate could raise more conflicts” (April 9), regarding the seeming contradiction between United Independents’ goal to diminish slate influence and the fact that UI is itself a slate. Read more...