Tuesday, March 3

Consumers: don’t buy into the hype

Sharon Kim Send Kim comments at [email protected]. I was in the post office the other day, when a man came up and asked me in a quiet voice, “Excuse me, do you go to Sunset Cove Beach?” In response to my quizzical half-glare, the man explained he had seen an advertisement for Sunset Cove Private Beach on the back of the shirt I was wearing. Read more...


Human cloning differences misunderstood

Ghassemi is a third-year political science student. By Jeffrey Ghassemi This weekend, the Los Angeles Times published an inconspicuous article on California’s proposal to ban cloning of human embryos for the purpose of producing babies (“Panel Urges State to Limit Human Cloning to Research, Therapy,” Los Angeles Times, Jan. Read more...



Graduate students need more funding

Harless is president of the Graduate Students Association. By Charles Harless “California’s future strength depends on investing now in graduate education.” Recently, the University of California Commission on the Growth and Support of Graduate Education made this statement in the Innovation and Prosperity at Risk report. Read more...




Proposal gives students vital chance

Portillo is a member of MEChA de UCLA. By Vanessa Portillo Last October, Governor Gray Davis signed Assembly Bill 540, which allows undocumented students who have attended and graduated from a California high school to pay in-state tuition at the California State Universities and community colleges. Read more...