Tuesday, July 7


Panel addresses labor conditions

UCLA faculty, students, workers and elected officials gathered Thursday night for a forum on subcontracted labor conditions, voicing the demands of UCLA workers for union recognition through direct university employment. Read more...


UC encouraged to cast bid for Los Alamos lab

SAN FRANCISCO ““ The head of the federal agency overseeing the nation’s nuclear weapons research and stockpile advised the University of California Board of Regents to enter the fray and compete to continue managing Los Alamos National Laboratory. Read more...


Regents’ vote opposes racial data ban

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; The University of California Board of Regents voted overwhelmingly to oppose a controversial initiative sponsored by its own Ward Connerly, marking a defeat for a regent who has spent much of his term fighting race and gender preferences at the university. Read more...


Speaks out

Is feminism still alive? Should it still be alive? Do you think women still face discrimination in work or in life? Garen Kirakosian First-year, political science “They do still face discrimination in all aspects of everything; however, within this feminism movement they still have going, they have to check themselves, because some of them want equality only on certain levels, and they don’t want it on other levels. Read more...


Letters to the editor

Sharing awards is common practice I agree with Nissim’s point in her May 13 column, “Character cannot replace good grades, hard work.” Blair Hornstine’s accomplishments demonstrate that she is Ivy League material. Read more...


Regents must find alternative to raising fees

Gov. Gray Davis released May revisions to his budget plan for next year Wednesday, calling for no more cuts to the University of California. The UC can be happy about this in the same way a man who has been knocked down, kicked, and punched can be happy when the beating stops. Read more...