Tuesday, May 19

Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down

Fair Trade coffee farmer-friendly Thumbs up to the Environmental Coalition for encouraging UCLA to buy Fair Trade Certified coffee. The university currently purchases its coffee from Superior, a company that barely provides small farmers in developing countries with a decent living wage. Read more...






Fair trade coffee movement a step toward social justice

Riordan is a third-year international development studies and Spanish student and Seamen is a second-year undeclared student. Both are members of the Environmental Coalition. By Christine Riordan and Max Seamen Every morning when students wake up and get their cup of joe from Kerckhoff, Synapse, Northern Lights, Cafe SEAS or those disgusting vending machines, they might not think about where their drink comes from. Read more...


Speaks Out

Do you believe the American public should elect a president directly by popular vote or indirectly through the electoral college? Viral Parekh Second-year Business Economics "I learned electors don’t have to vote for the same person the voters choose. Read more...