Thursday, October 8

Model U.N. summit keeps students busy, on the go

Shelma Jun has been functioning on little sleep this past week. And it’s not because of midterms. Jun, a third-year business economics student, is on the executive board responsible for planning the Model United Nations Summit, which will begin at UCLA today. Read more...



U.S. jobs being sent overseas

The odds of UCLA students finding white-collar jobs upon graduation are getting worse because, according to a recent study, millions of jobs are being sent overseas. Read more...


Engineering symposium to address homeland security

Experts will discuss solutions today at UCLA to a prominent issue facing the United States ““ protecting civil infrastructures against natural, accidental and deliberate threats. The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science will host a symposium where specialists, such as government officials and scientists, will discuss efficient ways to protect the United States’ infrastructures. Read more...


U.S. needs to alter its course in Iraq

It has now been a little over six months since President Bush declared an end to major fighting in Iraq. Landing Top Gun-style on an aircraft carrier and making his speech in front of a banner proclaiming “mission accomplished,” the event was dramatic, to say the least. Read more...


Pledge divides nation “˜under God’

Where’s God? According to Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court, God needs to be displayed in his courthouse. So he put a 2.5-ton granite Ten Commandments monument in prominent view. Read more...


Sproul slipup sets off fire alarm

Students living in Sproul Hall were locked out of their residence building for about 25 minutes Wednesday afternoon due to a minor construction mishap. A contractor working on the renovation of Sproul Hall hit a sprinkler head during construction at about 11:45 a.m., setting off the sprinkler system and fire alarm. Read more...