The recent scandal at UCLA involving the sale of body parts from donated cadavers is worrisome for similar programs throughout the country. “Donor programs across the nation are contingent on public trust, and when public trust is violated, there is the potential for (willed body) programs to be affected,” said Kristin Liles, director of anatomical resources at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. Read more...
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March 9, 9:00 pm
A closer look: Donor outcry minimal so far
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March 9, 9:00 pm
A closer look: Priest’s faith in donation remains unshaken
The Rev. Tom Clerkin carries a little yellow card in his wallet at all times. In the event of a tragedy, the card instructs that his body be donated to the Department of Pathology at the UCLA Medical Center. Read more...
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March 8, 9:00 pm
Letter to the editor
Bruin Republicans wants debate Since the conclusion of our major tabling events designed to educate the campus on the racist El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán, Bruin Republicans has sought to secure a date and time for a debate with MEChA. Read more...
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March 8, 9:00 pm
Editorial: MEChA ought not to listen to Bruin Republicans
For the last few weeks, UCLA’s chapter of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlán has endured an unfair barrage of insults from a fringe group of campus conservatives. Read more...
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March 8, 9:00 pm
When the mere idea of a cure is enough
A patient is given a pill to take daily as a painkiller. After a month, the pain is gone. Surprise ““ the pill contained no active ingredients, but was merely a sugar pill. Read more...
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March 8, 9:00 pm
Avoid being hit with cancer; blow off pot
It’s been a long week here at UCLA. You got crushed by your statistics midterm, the dorm cafeteria served up mystery meat again, and to top it off, the UCLA basketball team suffered a heartbreaking loss to that dreaded school across town. Read more...
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March 8, 9:00 pm
Students lament misuse of bodies
From the first day of gross anatomy lab, UCLA medical students are taught to respect the cadavers they are about to dissect. The March 7 arrest of Henry Reid, the director of UCLA’s Willed Body Program, for the alleged selling of donated body parts, has upset many medical students in its contradiction to the principles they are taught. Read more...