Monday, July 13

In the news:

Letters to the editor

Boycott efforts economically unsound I hope the students who prompted this whole witch hunt against Taco Bell are happy. They’ve successfully put all the students who worked at that Taco Bell out of a job and reduced the income of the farm workers they were (ignorantly) trying to help. Read more...



Proposition 69: Privacy or safety?

Proposition 69, the DNA Fingerprint Initiative, would immediately require all convicted felons to provide a non-invasive DNA sample for inclusion in a statewide database. Beginning in 2009, individuals arrested for felonies ““ not misdemeanor crimes like shoplifting under $400 or traffic violations ““ would also have to provide a DNA sample, but could have their sample removed if they are not convicted. Read more...





UCLA needs to boot the Bell

Many students are wondering why Taco Bell is still on campus even though they did not respect the Associated Students of UCLA’s request to conduct a third-party investigation into the working conditions of Florida farmworkers, and even though the ASUCLA Food Services Committee has recommended, now for the second time, that the ASUCLA board of directors not renew the Taco Bell contract. Read more...