From the first day of gross anatomy lab, UCLA medical students are taught to respect the cadavers they are about to dissect. The March 7 arrest of Henry Reid, the director of UCLA’s Willed Body Program, for the alleged selling of donated body parts, has upset many medical students in its contradiction to the principles they are taught. Read more...
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March 8, 9:00 pm
Students lament misuse of bodies
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March 8, 9:00 pm
Bruin Republicans’ request for MEChA debate unanswered
Bruin Republicans has challenged the Chicana/o student group MEChA to a public debate on Friday to address the merit of MEChA’s founding documents. Radio talk show host Al Rantel will air the debate on his radio show if members of MEChA attend, aiming to broadcast the debate to L.A. Read more...
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March 8, 9:00 pm
Academic probation on rise for some
The UCLA Registrar’s Office released information Thursday that suggests a significant rise in the number of self-identified Latina/o and Chicana/o UCLA students on academic probation since the end of spring quarter 2003. Read more...
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March 8, 9:00 pm
Readership program voted down
For the second time in two years, UCLA has rejected the Collegiate Readership Program, which would have provided on-campus residents access to several national newspapers. The program saw more opposition this time around, as it was defeated by a vote of roughly 40 percent in favor to 60 percent opposed. Read more...
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March 8, 9:00 pm
Bush, Kerry belong to Yale’s elite secret society
When voters go the polls in November to elect a president, the two major candidates they can choose from will have a windowless tomb, secret initiation rites and a private island on the St. Read more...
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March 8, 9:00 pm
Canada tries to interest students in culture
Correction Appended When many UCLA students are asked what they know about Canada, the answer is often silence or laughter. Perhaps a rare student will be reminded of cheap prescription drugs, or refer to it as the place where military draft-dodgers go. Read more...
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March 8, 9:00 pm
Remains identified as missing student’s
A body found last week near a crashed red pick-up truck in Malibu Canyon was identified Monday morning as belonging to UCLA student Michael Niemeyer, who had been missing since Oct. Read more...