Friday, April 3

Letters to the editor

Academic Senate polarizes campus The Academic Senate’s choice to condemn U.S. action in Iraq (“Faculty to take stance on U.S. war in Iraq,” News, April 14) is in distasteful disregard of the university’s responsibility to provide students with a safe learning environment. Read more...


Editorial: U.S. plays bully with threats against Syria

If there was any doubt that North Korea, a country that claims to have nuclear weapons and has publicly threatened the United States, was a more serious threat than Iraq, it was cleared up when American troops marched into Baghdad, facing only pitiful resistance. Read more...




Film producer to speak at Melnitz

Moctesuma Esparza is widely regarded as the most successful Latino independent film producer in Hollywood. Esparza has won Emmy, Clio and Golden Globe awards, been Oscar-nominated, and has produced such films as “Selena” and “Gods and Generals.” A UCLA alumnus, Esparza has also been a historic figure in the struggle for minority representation in the media industry. Read more...