Tuesday, August 4

Groups get more funding

Most student groups that will be funded by the undergraduate student government for the first time this year plan on using a majority of the money for programming. Read more...


Briefs

Oral pill may effectively treat PMS A UCLA study found that the physical and emotional symptoms associated with a woman’s menstrual cycle were significantly reduced in women who were taking an oral contraceptive called Yasmin. Read more...


Crime Watch

Petty Theft On Feb. 25, pants containing IDs and university keys valued at $95 were removed from the Ackerman Plaza stage. That evening, a wallet valued at $75 was stolen from a room in Rieber Hall. Read more...



Sound Bites

The Minus 5 and Wilco “Down With Wilco” Yep Roc Records It’d be a mistake to label Jeff Tweedy of Tweedy’s Wilco as the new forebear of post-millennial solemnity. Read more...


Military leader, grandfather dies

He started out as a teacher in China and spent his final years as a grandfather in the United States. But for most of life, Wang Pei Chen fought the forces of communism and imperialism, crossing paths with some of the twentieth century’s most famous and infamous leaders. Read more...


Dancing the Weekend Away

More than two hundred students danced for 26 hours non-stop Saturday and Sunday to raise money for pediatric AIDS patients and to establish what organizers hope will become a campus community tradition. Read more...