Seventy-four years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth, and 35 years after his death, millions accept his wife’s assertion that he was “America’s greatest champion of racial justice and equality.” King’s passionate speeches and powerful displays of non-violent civil disobedience galvanized the civil rights movement, paved the way for the end of segregation in the United States, and expanded rights for all minorities. Read more...

At first glance, it seemed to be just another U.S. flag: red, white and blue, 13 stripes. But this flag, carried by a protester during the anti-war march last Saturday in downtown Los Angeles, had a very subtle and yet telling difference to it. Read more...

The university, in theory, is supposed to provide a safe space for personal growth and the exploration of various intellectual ideas. Complementary to the education provided by learned academics is the social knowledge attained through student-led political endeavors and cultural expression. Read more...

S.U.R.E not behind Jones On Thursday, a controversy swirled involving certain students who registered the name Student Empowerment! as an official student group with the Center for Student Programming. These students, in particular Bruin Republicans Chair Andrew Jones, have a known history of antagonism toward the Student Empowerment! Read more...

The UC Board of Regents is considering a policy regarding faculty/student dating. We asked students on campus what they thought of the issue. Everett Anderson Graduate student, computer science “I tend to feel faculty have a degree of power over their students and I feel it is inappropriate for faculty to date students. There might be an expectation on the student’s part that the professor might help them academically over other students in the future. I feel the same way about students dating their teaching assistants. Read more...

Last weekend was the Consumer Electronics Show 2003, the annual show where companies reveal their plans for the year as well as some of the strangest prototypes imaginable. Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; Newly elected State Superintendent of Public Education Jack O’Connell outlined his plans for the year at an inaugural celebration at UCLA on Thursday. Read more...