Wednesday, May 13

Vice presidential candidates faceoff

Republican Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic Sen. John Edwards traded sharp jabs during the first and only vice-presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio on Tuesday. Cheney and Edwards fought fiercely over issues ranging from the war in Iraq to Medicare, and traded personal attacks on each other and their running-mates. Read more...


Stacking up

Textbooks at the Associated Students of UCLA-run bookstore may seem overpriced to students, but the average markup for books at UCLA is actually lower than many other UCs when no recommended price is listed by the publisher. Read more...


Editorial: Administration must enforce its rules for fraternities

When UCLA withdraws its endorsement of a fraternity, it should stand by its own conditions before it considers reinstatement. For some reason, UCLA failed to do that this September when it reinstated Sigma Chi despite the fraternity’s failure to fulfill one of five important conditions: the hiring of a live-in graduate advisor. Read more...


Uninformed votes thwart democracy

Dan proudly proclaims he’s a surfer. He tells me George W. Bush must be a Democrat, but he can’t be sure. He tells me also that John Kerry is the Republican challenger who supports invading Afghanistan. Read more...




News briefs

Rodney Dangerfield, the bug-eyed comic whose self-deprecating one-liners brought him stardom in clubs, television and movies and made his lament “I don’t get no respect” a catchphrase, died Tuesday. Read more...