Wednesday, April 22

Letters to the Editor

SF! agenda harms campus dialogue Students First! has one major agenda: Talk about race, gender, sexual orientation, insert-minority-status-granting-quality-here, then talk about it some more. Through controlling student fees, the slate ensures a few proprietary issues dominate the campus, leaving few resources to consider other subjects. Read more...



[Online exclusive] Candidates present plans of action, debate slate

At the presidential debate for the undergraduate student government, candidates espoused their respective platforms and allowed old slate animosities to resurface. Three of the four candidates running for president of the Undergraduate Students Association Council attended the debate to reiterate their campaign goals and to respond to some issues that have been raised in recent weeks. Read more...


Funding an impending USAC issue

Correction appended If the issue is not settled this term, next year’s undergraduate student government will continue to discuss problems regarding the funding of student groups on campus. Read more...



Initiative seeks $3 billion for stem cell research

A ballot initiative this November could make California the Golden State for stem cell research. The California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative would earmark $3 billion over 10 years for funding California universities and research institutes in hopes of developing breakthroughs and cures with the use of stem cells. Read more...


Professor’s expertise paying off

Carole Goldberg’s office on the second floor of the UCLA School of Law is furnished with tribal artifacts and riddled with law textbooks ““ the perfect atmosphere in which to study federal Indian and tribal law. Read more...