Wednesday, August 12

In the news:

Letters to the editor

Media overlook weapons, security at Alamos Lab Your coverage of Bill Richardson’s appearance at the most recent regents meeting (“Lab contract pushed,” Nov. 18) omitted several important details about the topic at hand ““ the University of California’s management of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Read more...



Dating life goes on after UCLA

I have some friends on the other side. They’ve graduated and gone off to the real world ““ where they have full-time jobs, long commutes, fewer roommates and even single bedrooms. Read more...


Tasers: fatal or just shocking?

I’d never tried getting shot before ““ until I wrote this column. Imagine 50,000 volts of electricity zapping your body for about five seconds. That’s what you could be feeling should you find yourself locked in a death-charged confrontation with a UCLA police officer, who in the future will be equipped with a state-of-the-art, less-than-lethal stun gun. Read more...


Letter to the editor

New logo has wasted money and divided UCLA What a crock of crap. The university spent $98,000 on this logo? Why didn’t the chancellor just pick a font he liked and say, “Bam, there’s the new logo”? Read more...