Saturday, August 1

Science & Health: Problem gambling has several faces

It has been almost 5,000 days since pathological action gambler John C., a member of Gamblers Anonymous, has placed a bet. That is just over 12 years of battling a disease that he said tyrannized him for 30 years, forcing him to live a double life as the family man he wanted to be and the pathological gambler he was. Read more...




Letters to the Editor

Anti-Semitism not new on UCLA campus In our time at UCLA, Holocaust revisionists, raving xenophobic fanatics and other propagators of anti-Semitic hate have been invited to speak on campus. Read more...


Officer named in Taser incident

Terrence Duren, whose tenure with university police has included an award for UCPD Officer of the Year as well as allegations of police misconduct and use of excessive force, was the officer who used a Taser against Mostafa Tabatabainejad in Powell Library last Tuesday, university police said Monday. Read more...


Report shows financial aid gap

The top public university in each state is granting more financial aid to students from high-income families than to low-income students, a new report from The Education Trust said. Read more...


Journalist discusses recent Thai coup

Normally he is seen on television, his voice of opposition amplified to a crowd and the words “We will fight for the king” written in Thai on his royal yellow shirt ““ a symbol of his political convictions. Read more...