Friday, May 1

Public diagnosis

The Parents’ Right to Know measure is likely to appear on the next special election ballot, a measure which would create a state constitutional amendment requiring physicians to notify a parent or guardian 48 hours before they perform an abortion on an unmarried minor, and would impose civil penalties on individuals who coerce a minor to have an abortion. Read more...


Hunting for clues to degenerative disease

Huntington’s disease is one of many that continue to present unanswered questions to researchers. UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute researchers, however, are beginning to make strides in understanding the mechanism by which the perplexing disease manifests itself among brain cells. Read more...


Students take back the night

The music is what attracted the students to come, but it was the words that made them stay. As the sun went down over DeNeve Plaza Thursday night, the UCLA Clothesline Project held its annual Take Back the Night event, which was the culmination of a week filled with t-shirts, statistics and a unified struggle against all gender-based violence and hate crimes. Read more...


New revision may add funds to state budget

The revision of the 2005-2006 budget is scheduled to be released today and is anticipated with optimism by some, but caution by others. Recently, there has been talk in the media and out of Sacramento about an increase in the California budget this year ““ by a few billion dollars. Read more...


Independence celebration met with protest

As the 57th anniversary of Israeli independence was commemorated in Bruin Plaza on Thursday under the joint efforts of several student groups, the events were observed by a half ring of silent, sign-bearing protesters from the Muslim Students Association. Read more...


Council sees shift in power

Student Power! received its first taste of victory Thursday night, as the results of the Undergraduate Students Association Council runoff election were announced. Student Power! won two additional seats in the runoff elections, giving it more representation on council. Read more...


SP! support surges in runoffs

In a flood of yellow light, reflecting off the facade of Kerckhoff Hall, Elections Board Chairman Nathan Lam stood in front of a mass of students Thursday night, just as he had a week before. Read more...