Friday, April 10

Connerly won’t rescind remarks

Ward Connerly, University of California regent and chair of an anti-affirmative action interest group, says he will not apologize for saying segregationists can believe in racial equality. Read more...


Editoral: Fire him, make him resign; just get Lavin out

Whether by resignation, firing, exile or being carried away on frat boys’ shoulders, Steve Lavin needs to go. After an 87-52 drubbing at the hands of second-ranked Arizona, the worst loss for UCLA basketball ever at Pauley Pavilion, Athletic Director Dan Guerrero must find a way to end Lavin’s tenure now if the head coach will not resign on his own. Read more...


Race-neutral policies hurt U. of Michigan

On Thursday, the Bush administration urged the Supreme Court to hold race and ethnic-based admissions policies unconstitutional, saying race-neutral policies should be used as a means to achieve diversity at universities instead. Read more...



Briefs

Minority Health Conference to be held at UCLA The 2003 Minority Health Conference will be held at Bradley International Hall on Jan. 25, 2003. This event is jointly organized by the Asian American, Latino and African American medical student organizations at UCLA and USC. Read more...


Soundbites

Phish “Round Room” Elektra Records Phish is one of the most confounding music groups of the last 20 years, if not for its astonishingly bad lyrics then because of its seemingly willful inconsistency. Read more...


UCLA students join anti-war protests

SAN FRANCISCO AND YORBA LINDA ““ As the Pentagon sends more soldiers and warships to the Persian Gulf, anti-war activists, hundreds of them university students, again took to the streets to protest a seemingly inevitable war against Iraq. Read more...