Saturday, May 9

Control of fees pending

Recommendations for a new student fee policy were approved Tuesday by the state agency that plans for higher education. The California Postsecondary Education Commission voted unanimously in favor of proposals which, if enacted by the legislature, would grant the governing boards of the University of California and California State University greater authority over student fees. Read more...




Student hypnotist dazzles subjects, audience

During the school year, he’s Matt Jarman, second-year UCLA communication studies and Spanish student. But during vacations, he’s Matt Jarman, professional magician and hypnotist who performs at resorts in Mexico and Florida. Read more...


Feinstein pushes for investigation of FBI

Senator Dianne Feinstein has called for a congressional hearing to investigate alleged “significant misuses of FBI power” on UC campuses since the 1960s. An investigative series published by the San Francisco Chronicle last June exposed FBI involvement against former UC president Clark Kerr and student activist groups on UC campuses, especially UC Berkeley. Read more...


Students bring “˜UC Nuclear Free’ campaign to UCLA

Most UCLA students know more about weapons of mass destruction being developed halfway across the world than those their own university helps to produce. The UC manages two labs for the Department of Energy ““ Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories ““ that design nuclear weapons. Read more...