Wednesday, April 15

Retaliate by supporting UCSA’s lawsuit

January has come to an end and so has Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s honeymoon in office. After basing his entire campaign during the recall election around California’s fiscal crisis, his first action as governor was to plunge the state $4 billion further into debt by eliminating the vehicle license fee. Read more...


Resisting budget cuts will prove futile

Representatives to the University of California Student Association have taken it upon themselves to sue Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The lawsuit claims that the $148 million cuts made in mid-December to various educational programs, including the UC, were illegal. Read more...


Crimewatch

Petty Theft Parking permits were removed from cars at the Rehabilitation Center on Veteran Avenue on Jan. 29. A $200 black leather jacket was stolen from a building on Roebling Avenue between Jan. Read more...



Briefs

Opportunity finds traces of water in Martian sediments NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity has sent back signs that may indicate water once existed on the red planet. Read more...


Letter to the editor

Bruin misrepresents protest’s intention I was appalled to find that in “Speaker overturns misconceptions of Islamic jihad” (Jan. 29), Caitlin Roberson attributes quotes to me which were not my own. Read more...


Editorial: Middle East discourse should be respectful

The painful effects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ripple out from the Middle East, impacting millions of people throughout the world. Here at UCLA, the suffering of the Israeli and Palestinian people is often viewed through the emotional lenses of diverse family connections, political interests and religious beliefs. Read more...