While lecturers at the University of California are engaged in an ongoing fight for improved benefits, a number of a lecturers remain seemingly unaffected. Aiming to gain publicity for their demands for better job security, higher salaries, and more respect, over 1,000 lecturers went on strike at five UC campuses last month. Read more...
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November 25, 9:00 pm
A communication studies lecturer’s life
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November 25, 9:00 pm
Student groups unite in fasting
Muslim and Jewish students met Monday evening to eat dinner together after a day of fasting and to pray for peace. The gathering, held behind Kerckhoff Hall at 5:00 p.m. Read more...
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November 25, 9:00 pm
Creative parking doesn’t count in L.A.
All roads lead to Westwood ““ but none offer traveler’s parking. Westwood is a maze of streets, corners, meters and parking booths turning and twisting to infinitum. Read more...
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November 24, 9:00 pm
Greek system cleans up streets
Fraternity members arrived at the Sigma Nu fraternity house early Sunday morning, tired-eyed and sleepy, but ready to clean up their messy neighborhood. They were taking part in Operation Clean Sweep, a citywide program in its fourth year at UCLA that aims to bring together fraternities and community members to clean up Westwood. Read more...
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November 24, 9:00 pm
Protesters arrested after trespassing at military fort
When Seth Cohen approached the fence that surrounds a military compound in Georgia last Sunday, he knew he was in trouble. But, harboring a five-year grievance against the training ground for Latin American soldiers, he and nearly 90 others stepped across the line anyway. Read more...
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November 24, 9:00 pm
Wimsatt, students discuss public awareness
Fliers advertising the event read: “Billy “˜Upski’ Wimsatt speaks on “˜Why UCLA is America’s best hope to save our ass in the 21st century.'” But “Upski” didn’t want to come 3,000 miles to UCLA just to bore students with another anti-war seminar on Iraq. Read more...
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November 24, 9:00 pm
Theft at Los Alamos under scrutiny
University of California President Richard Atkinson pledged to “take decisive action” in response to multiple federal investigations at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In a statement released Friday, Atkinson said he was “very concerned” about recent allegations of theft and cover-ups at the UC-managed nuclear lab. Read more...