Tuesday, May 19

Going commercial

As the indie trend sweeps from popular music to the cinema, two corporations are turning indie rock into indie chic. American Apparel, the rapidly growing clothes retailer that opened its Westwood location this past summer, sells its T-shirts wholesale to independent bands. Read more...



UC Regents address possible divestment

The University of California’s agenda now includes the task of determining the appropriateness of divestment of UC funds from international companies doing business in the Darfur region of Sudan. Read more...


Gift funds new law chair

As part of UCLA’s ambitious five-year fundraising program, the UCLA School of Law announced Wednesday the creation of a new endowed chair for professors of clinical law. Read more...