Saturday, July 25

News briefs

Small SoCal quake injures none PALM SPRINGS “”mdash; A small earthquake shook southern Riverside County early Sunday, and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Read more...


Students should stay safe, wear seat belts

If you value your life ““ and your pocketbook ““ now is the time to buckle up. Over the next three weeks the University Police Department plans to dedicate officers to search for drivers and passengers who fail to buckle up. Read more...




UCPD cracks down on buckling up

University police will begin issuing $87 citations today for drivers and passengers caught not buckling up during a period of special police enforcement dubbed “Click it or Ticket.” “These next three weeks, we’re going to have officers solely dedicated to actually looking for seat-belt violators,” said Justin Mammen, who works in the UCPD community services bureau. Read more...


Global vision

Only after earning a law degree, a master’s degree in public policy and a master’s degree in law did Alfonso Galindo learn that to really effect change in his native Mexico, he would have to abandon the political path in favor of an academic one. Read more...


Marathon Reading flushed with prose

There is something about being on campus at night. The trees quiver under a jet-black sky, and the buildings stand stoically ““ resting up for the next day’s onslaught of eager students, pounding the pavement in search of knowledge. Read more...