Thursday, July 9

Stipends for UCSA positions minimal, increase access

By Christopher Neal This submission is in response to a news article printed on Nov. 26, 2002, “Neal paid more despite deficit.” It is also to give students greater knowledge of my role as Undergraduate Students Association Council external vice president as well as vice-chairman for the UC Student Association. Read more...





Editorial: Westwood homeowners hypocritical

Three tons of garbage were removed from Westwood streets on Sunday by about 100 students and a whopping two non-student Village residents. The semi-annual trash pickup, called Operation Clean Sweep, is sponsored by the City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works and brings fraternity members and non-student residents together to clean up the Village. Read more...


U.S. pursues selfish ends in foreign policy

Over the years we’ve read and grown tolerant of these kinds of headlines: “Fifty deaths as American warplanes mistakenly bomb wedding celebration,” “Officer attacks U.S. soldiers in Kuwait,” “Afghan civilians killed by U.S. bombs surpasses death toll of Sept. Read more...


Editorial: Supreme Court should uphold Miranda rights

As guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution, “no person … shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.” But this protection will prove largely moot if a suspects’ right to silence during police interrogation is revoked in the case of Chavez v. Read more...