Friday, July 3

Get up, fight for your rights, vote

  Maegan Carberry Carberry is a third-year political science student. E-mail her at [email protected]. Click Here for more articles by Maegan Carberry With all the hype from last Tuesday’s presidential election, many people have found themselves asking if their votes (or even their actions) really count in the American political system. Read more...




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...