Students in small clusters walk down a street where tents serve as homes, passing out bottles of water to the scattered residents. It’s another day in “Tent City,” and the homeless are thankful to receive a necessity that is difficult to come by in their community. Read more...
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November 25, 9:00 pm
UCLA’s The Water Project refreshes city’s homeless
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November 25, 9:00 pm
A communication studies lecturer’s life
While lecturers at the University of California are engaged in an ongoing fight for improved benefits, a number of a lecturers remain seemingly unaffected. Aiming to gain publicity for their demands for better job security, higher salaries, and more respect, over 1,000 lecturers went on strike at five UC campuses last month. Read more...
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November 25, 9:00 pm
Student groups unite in fasting
Muslim and Jewish students met Monday evening to eat dinner together after a day of fasting and to pray for peace. The gathering, held behind Kerckhoff Hall at 5:00 p.m. Read more...
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November 25, 9:00 pm
Creative parking doesn’t count in L.A.
All roads lead to Westwood ““ but none offer traveler’s parking. Westwood is a maze of streets, corners, meters and parking booths turning and twisting to infinitum. Read more...
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November 24, 9:00 pm
Wimsatt, students discuss public awareness
Fliers advertising the event read: “Billy “˜Upski’ Wimsatt speaks on “˜Why UCLA is America’s best hope to save our ass in the 21st century.'” But “Upski” didn’t want to come 3,000 miles to UCLA just to bore students with another anti-war seminar on Iraq. Read more...
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November 24, 9:00 pm
Theft at Los Alamos under scrutiny
University of California President Richard Atkinson pledged to “take decisive action” in response to multiple federal investigations at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In a statement released Friday, Atkinson said he was “very concerned” about recent allegations of theft and cover-ups at the UC-managed nuclear lab. Read more...
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November 24, 9:00 pm
U.S. education bureaucratic, creates unjust class system
The homogenizing of America’s children begins at an early age in the public school system where everyone is told to color inside the lines, get in line, shut up, and accept everything the teacher says “just because.” Though it is important to set the ground rules for society and preach the advantages of discipline, anyone who dares to display an iota of individuality is disciplined. Read more...