He started out as a teacher in China and spent his final years as a grandfather in the United States. But for most of life, Wang Pei Chen fought the forces of communism and imperialism, crossing paths with some of the twentieth century’s most famous and infamous leaders. Read more...

More than two hundred students danced for 26 hours non-stop Saturday and Sunday to raise money for pediatric AIDS patients and to establish what organizers hope will become a campus community tradition. Read more...

Gary Hart, a former Colorado senator considering a run for the Democratic nomination in the 2004 presidential election, is scheduled to speak at the Anderson School at UCLA on Tuesday. Read more...

Many students probably think of hospitals as whitewashed bastions of modern medicine: clean, efficient and well-staffed. But, according to healthcare union organizers, L.A. hospitals are the farthest from. Read more...

Now that thousands of American troops have entered Iraq, the face of the war debate has changed. Americans must now show support for the country’s troops, not because they support the war, but because they appreciate the fact that fellow human beings are placing themselves in harm’s way for a war they might not fully support themselves or even understand. Read more...

If Gov. Gray Davis will prove anything to voters in his second term, it’s that no helpful academic program is exempt from a good thrashing. California’s 2002-2003 budget contains $74 million in mid-year cuts, ranging from $3.3 million cuts in outreach programs to $18 million in research, and $6.3 million for student services. Read more...

War, not USAC, is the thief In response to Joel Schwartz’s column “Councils rob public with anti-war ads,” (Feb. 27) as a member of the Undergraduate Students Association Council who voted for the resolution opposing the war, I wanted to comment on what I feel is the true theft. This war, and any subsequent wars it will cause, is robbing the public (and especially students) of funding that should otherwise go to alleviating our increasing tuition, keeping hospitals open, and providing employment for the many students who will soon graduate, as well as maintaining employment for those people who are losing their jobs en masse. A printed resolution, or time spent at a meeting is the least we can do to use our public positions to call out the true injustice and theft of the nation’s communal resources which are now being funneled to the military industrial complex and oil producers. Read more...