Sunday, May 10

Laboring in uncertainty

Staff members working under the University of California Institute of Labor and Employment continue to go to work every day coordinating research and educational programs, knowing that in only a few months, many of them will be jobless. Read more...


Group sacrifices principles for politics

Last weekend, I joined hundreds of students at UCLA to participate in a convention of the California College Republicans. Many in the crowd had flown or driven to our campus with the same zeal and ambitions of the stereotypical student activist. Read more...


Offbeat briefs

Town may soon seize cars of parking violators BLOOMSBURG, Pa. “”mdash; Officials in this northeastern Pennsylvania town have a message for scofflaws: Pay your parking tickets, or the next car you buy may be your own. Read more...


Briefs

UC study details smoke’s effects on a child’s healing A child’s ability to heal from cuts, burns or infections could be slowed by exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke, a new study shows. Read more...


Speaks out

Should the Supreme Court leave the “under God” clause in the Pledge of Allegiance? Laura Schrupp Third-year, psychology “I believe church and state should be separate. Read more...



Editorial: UC Regents chairman ignores real problems

For the first time in its modern history, the University of California will not enroll all high school graduates who meet eligibility criteria. But John Moores seems unconcerned about the unprecedented enrollment restrictions; the UC Board of Regents chairman’s priorities lie elsewhere. Read more...