Saturday, May 9

Short films to screen in Ackerman

Picture this: A psychotic killer is coming after you to make sure that your next breath is your last. Only, he's got one hang-up: Being an environmentally conscious consumer, he has to make sure his electrically powered chainsaw has enough energy to take your life, "green" style. Read more...


Surveys analyze marriage equality

To celebrate the five-year anniversary of marriage equality in Massachusetts, the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law collaborated with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and released the results of the Health and Marriage Equality in Massachusetts survey. Read more...


Remembering the tragedy at Bhopal

A panel discussion will be held today to draw attention to the world's biggest industry disaster, which occurred 25 years ago after a gas leak from a Union Carbide plant contaminated the area surrounding the central Indian city of Bhopal. Read more...


California job losses remain highest in US

A recent research and policy brief released by the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Unemployment reported that job losses in California decreased, but remained higher than any other state in the country during March. Read more...



State Supreme Court upholds Prop. 8

The California Supreme Court decided to uphold Proposition 8 on Tuesday, which bans same-sex marriage in California. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year political science student Michael Mederos sits in the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Veteran Avenue during a protest on Tuesday.