Saturday, October 3

Slate to use old name, return to its roots

An established slate in the undergraduate student government decided to go back to its roots recently, when it reverted to its ancestral name. During the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s spring elections, Student Empowerment! Read more...


UCPD looks into possible hate crime

University police are investigating a possible hate crime that evidently took place over the Easter weekend at the UCLA Medical Center hospital. On Saturday afternoon, an unknown individual entered the hospital’s chapel and meditation center and poured what was marked as pork blood onto prayer mats used by Muslim patrons of the room. Read more...


Denim Day observed with film, rallies

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, but since 1999, the last Wednesday of the month has gained special importance. It is known as Denim Day in response to a decision to overturn a rape conviction by an Italian Supreme Court judge. Read more...


Votes tallied, GSA results are in

Winners of the Graduate Student Association election ““ Marilyn Gray, Victoria Irigoyen, Hanish Rathod, and Laura Sanchez ““ said they are prepared to hit the ground running on graduate student issues come the next academic year. Read more...


Veritas Forum connects Christianity, academia

The Veritas Forum gathered students, professors and scholars on Monday, beginning a weeklong educational exploration of the relationship between science, history and Christianity. The academic-based forum will gather physicists, philosophers, musicians, doctors and students from UCLA and all over the country to critically examine scientific theory and religious inquiry. Read more...


Spring 2003 USAC elections under way

The undergraduate student government’s election season officially kicked off Tuesday night when all candidates convened for the first time at an orientation meeting to become better acquainted with election procedures. Read more...


Professorial politics elicit diverse student reactions

The mixed support and condemnation that erupted this past week when 180 professors made their personal opinions on the war widely known to the public mirrors the wide range of feelings about whether professors should express their political opinions inside the classroom. Read more...