Saturday, April 11

Report to extend semester debate

If some faculty get their way, UCLA could go back to the traditional semester calendar it used until 1966. Leaders of the faculty body who determine academic policy at UCLA think there is a good possibility a semester versus quarter debate will consume the campus for the rest of this year, after a comprehensive report is released in the next few weeks. Read more...



Rocking for votes

Frisbees, tennis balls and CDs flew through the air into a crowd of over 200 onlookers as hip-hop icon KRS-One headlined a concert to encourage voting in this November’s elections. Read more...


Service should be required at UCs

Every act of community service is selfish. But since the results of community service matter more than its motivations, the UC should enact a community service requirement as a condition to graduate. Read more...



Soundbites

Rocket From the Crypt “Live from Camp X-Ray” Vagrant Records 1 Paw Halloween’s coming up, just the holiday for label Vagrant Records, which does its part year-long with a limitless wellspring of horrific offerings. Read more...