Thursday, April 2


Opposition to war in Iraq continues

Anti-war protests saturated the state ““ and the globe ““ Sunday, capping a string of demonstrations held worldwide over the past week as tensions over “Operation Iraqi Freedom” ran high. Read more...


Newest UC recruits UCLA engineering professor

Professor Thomas Harmon will be leaving UCLA this summer to become one of the founding faculty of the tenth and newest University of California campus. Of the seven other scholars from across the country selected to join the founding faculty at UC Merced, Harmon is the only professor from a UC. Read more...



San Francisco protesters heckle, dress and bend over backwards for peace

SAN FRANCISCO ““ Yoga for peace? Only in San Francisco. Billing the conflict with Iraq as “The war to end all peace,” hundreds of peace activists moved through downtown San Francisco on Monday, performing everything from building sit-ins to Buddhist chants to curbside yoga in voicing their displeasure at a United States-led war in Iraq. Read more...


Aid arrives in Iraq; officials expect extended conflict

United States and allied forces are being met with stiff resistance on their way toward Baghdad and President Bush is warning of the possibility of extended conflict in Iraq, but not all news is grim: the first sizable relief convoy rolled into Iraq Wednesday, despite sandstorms and continued fighting. Read more...