Environmentally minded Bruins hope to attract the UCLA community to an event that has already captured the interests of a U.S. Senator. Presidential hopeful Sen. John Edwards, D-NC, is scheduled to visit UCLA today as a guest of Earth Day celebrations sponsored by CALPIRG and other student groups. Read more...
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April 21, 9:00 pm
Sen. Edwards to visit UCLA for CALPIRG Earth Day event
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April 21, 9:00 pm
ORL to offer mitigation for construction
Students on the Hill will be living through a surplus of construction, with the construction of Hedrick North and the renovations of Covel Commons dining hall, Courtside and Sproul Hall. Read more...
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April 21, 9:00 pm
Media, poor education trivialize sex, STDs
When I turn on the television, I am bombarded by images of sex on almost every channel. “Girls Gone Wild” commercials, sitcoms and music videos featuring the young, middle-aged and old. Read more...
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April 21, 9:00 pm
Kids learn value of eating well
“Let me see your teeth.” This is what Carlton Green asked 40 kindergarteners early Friday morning. Green, director of nutrition at the UCLA Medical Center’s Nutrition Department, had passed around false teeth to explain to the children ““ some grossed out ““ that if they did not eat right their teeth would look like the decayed teeth they were holding in their hands. Read more...
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April 21, 9:00 pm
Off the Beaten Path
For the fourth year in a row, UCLA’s chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers has designed and built a race car to compete in the Mini Baja West competition. Read more...
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April 21, 9:00 pm
Letters to the Editor
Pacifists rejected, not “˜silenced’ I would like to comment on Jenna Sutton’s claim (“Patriotic war fever unjustly bars criticism,” April 18) that pacifists such as herself are being “systematically silenced, ignored and punished” for their opinions. Read more...
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April 21, 9:00 pm
New audit finds more suspicious lab costs
The latest federal audit of spending at Los Alamos National Laboratory, released Monday, revealed an additional $14.6 million in “potentially unallowable costs.” The findings came on the same day as the results of an external review conducted by Ernst and Young LLP, which outlined suggestions about how the lab can improve accounting, property management and other procedures. Read more...