Saturday, July 11


Government interests drive activist group

For those of us who read George Orwell’s utopian nightmare “1984” in euphoria, Week 6 at UCLA was a grand display. The campus brimmed with animated student activists who sought to enlist the support of their peers in a radical movement toward totalitarianism. Read more...



USAC restarts student government internship program

After a three-year hiatus, the undergraduate student government presidential internship program has been reimplemented to provide students with leadership skills. More than 40 interns in the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Presidential Empowerment Internship program are scheduled to be placed in the various USAC offices this week, where they will gain first-hand experience in working in an undergraduate government setting. Read more...



Tracing out a scientific discovery

The Fowler Museum of Cultural History’s “Ecce Homology” is one exhibit that has a science behind the art. A late addition to the Fowler’s multi-faceted exhibition called “From the Verandah: Art, Buddhism, Presence,” “Ecce Homology” uses Asia’s staple crop to explore the genomic relationships that give form and function to both humans and rice. Read more...