Saturday, July 25

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...



USAC case withdrawn

A case that was originally filed with the Undergraduate Students Association Judicial Board with the hopes of overturning the results of last Thursday’s undergraduate student government elections will be retracted before it is ever heard by the Judicial Board. 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...