Lena Khan, a first-year political science and history student, concentrated intensely as Jordan Fassler, a third-year math student, practiced juggling and passing knives with her. Both students, members of the campus juggling club, were warming up for the Friday afternoon juggling show held at Bruin Plaza. Read more...

They had a clear objective. They had the will to pursue it. But at the end of the day, UCLA’s top official didn’t see them. About 150 workers, students and community leaders marched to Chancellor Albert Carnesale’s office Friday afternoon in an effort to get a commitment from the administrative leader to hire subcontracted workers on campus. Read more...

Although Iran continues to press forward with disturbing weapon technology projects, the United States must not consider extreme solutions such as military strikes or a CIA-initiated coup. Read more...

Consumers’ spending figures drop for April Consumers anxious about their jobs were reluctant to go shopping in April, trimming spending by the largest amount since the beginning of the year. Read more...

Focus shouldn’t be on SARS’ economic impact I was utterly disgusted while reading Dr. Tiejun Huang’s misleading submission, “China’s economy safe despite SARS” (May 23).  While only cursorily mentioning SARS’ impact on the citizens of China and the international community, Huang instead asserts that SARS will not affect China’s economy in the long-term. Read more...

Currently UCLA waives student fees for many of its teaching assistants and readers, graduate students who are left to educate undergraduates at a huge university where professors can’t do all the teaching. Read more...