Sunday, July 26


[A closer look]: Prop. 75 seeks consent in use of member dues

A proposition in the upcoming special election has the potential to significantly impact the unionized political action of thousands of UC employees. Proposition 75 seeks to prohibit the use by public employee labor organizations of dues or fees for political contributions, except with the prior consent of those individual employees each year on a specified written form. Read more...


[A closer look]: Election comes at high cost

Facing strong opposition, next week’s special election may prove costly for both the state and its leaders. County governments across California are spending more than $40 million to allow the state’s residents to vote on eight initiative propositions on Nov. Read more...


[A closer look]: Registration falls short

During its student voter registration campaign, the University of California Student Association hoped to register 20,000 students systemwide for the statewide special election. But as the deadline for registration came and went, it was only able to motivate 10,000 students to register. Read more...



UCLA considers editable Web sites

With terms such as “blog” and “podcast,” the new computer jargon that has become second nature to many UCLA students has a new term to add to its lexicon: “wiki.” Wiki, meaning “quick” in Hawaiian, is a new type of Web site that allows users to directly edit a database of information with no prior knowledge of Web site programming. Read more...


Panelists argue for affirmative action

Nine years after Proposition 209 outlawed the use of affirmative action in public institutions in California, a group of panelists expressed Tuesday evening their reasons as to why the program is still necessary at UCLA. Read more...