In protest against the continuing violence in Darfur, Los Angeles will withdraw $27 million from pension funds with companies that deal with the Sudanese government. “The city of Los Angeles is adding its voice to the international outcry over the genocide in Darfur,” said Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in a statement after announcing the city’s intention to divest. Read more...
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February 15, 10:52 pm
L.A. to divest $27 million from Sudan
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February 15, 10:47 pm
Speaker celebrates sexuality
Though Howie Gordon walked up to the front of the room making a bold fashion statement ““ a UCLA jersey paired with USC shorts ““ he was there to discuss something possibly even more sensitive ““ life in the adult-film industry. Read more...
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February 15, 10:46 pm
Students “˜die-in’ to end the war
The UCLA branch of Students for a Democratic Society held a demonstration in front of Kerckhoff Hall on Thursday afternoon to protest the war in Iraq. Read more...
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February 15, 10:46 pm
Speakers to swap research results
Jerome Zack, associate director of the UCLA AIDS Institue, has spent the last few years researching HIV/AIDS and how it might be treated through the use of embryonic stem cell therapy. Read more...
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February 14, 9:04 pm
U.S. needs to ingest reality, not pills
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter diet pill. The pill, called Alli, will subsequently be put on shelves to compete with all the non-FDA-approved weight-loss medications. Read more...
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February 14, 9:03 pm
Obama has the personality, ideas to make it big in politics
The news media commentators have told us that the nation experienced a historic event over the weekend when Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., a black politician, formally announced his candidacy to become the next president of the United States. Read more...
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February 14, 9:02 pm
Letters to the Editor
Being PC does not erase the issues Listen up, guys! Tristan Reed made a very good argument for elegant feminism (“Listen up, people: Gendered words have to go,” Feb. Read more...