Thursday, April 9

Councilmember gives advice

Los Angeles City Councilmember Jack Weiss kicked off the UCLA School of Law’s government month with a keynote address at the Law Building Wednesday. Weiss, who was elected to city council June 2001 and represents about 258,000 people, addressed a group primarily composed of first-year law students about his experiences as a student of UCLA and in a career in public service. Read more...




Corporation tax break bill flawed

If American corporations get their way, they will receive a six-month tax reprieve allowing them to bring hundreds of billions of dollars of overseas profits into the United States without paying the normal tax rate. Read more...


UCSB to increase foot patrol Oct. 31

Halloween falling on a Friday might be good news for some people, but University of California Santa Barbara officials, along with the Isla Vista Sheriff Station, are taking extra measures to stem the large number of revelers expected to show up at this perennially popular party zone. Read more...


Hill provides safe Halloween

Cora Ordoñez remembers trick-or-treating when she was younger ““ in the same area where she is now raising her child. Now, Ordoñez says, it is unsafe for her son to trick-or-treat in the neighborhood she grew up in. Read more...


Council delays talk over group sponsorship

Tension rose Tuesday night as the undergraduate student government debated sponsorship criteria listed in its constitution bylaws, resulting from the tabling of UCLA Dance Marathon’s request for council sponsorship. Read more...