Monday, April 13




Marriage ban unfit for Constitution

If Tuesday’s State of the Union address was President Bush’s kickoff to his reelection campaign, then his bid to keep the White House includes an anti-civil rights message that would deter the progress and basic fairness sought by millions of gay Americans. Read more...


Professor dies at age 54

Jayne Spencer, a professor in the history and Latin American studies departments, died of an unexpected illness Saturday. She was 54. Spencer’s career at UCLA started 15 years ago when she was a graduate student in the history department. Read more...


Holocaust course unexpectedly large

The atrocities of the Holocaust often disturb and repulse the sensibilities of most people. But if students had walked, or at least tried to walk, into Tuesday’s German 59: Holocaust in Film and Literature lecture, one would deduce the subject matter to be much more alluring. Read more...


Spring could bring student-taught classes

Tyler Shores is a typical class-going, note-taking student at the University of California, Berkeley four days a week. But for 90 minutes each week, he steps on to the other side of the podium and becomes a lecturer, facilitator and highly regarded teacher in front of his peers. Read more...