Tuesday, May 5

Veritas Forum connects Christianity, academia

The Veritas Forum gathered students, professors and scholars on Monday, beginning a weeklong educational exploration of the relationship between science, history and Christianity. The academic-based forum will gather physicists, philosophers, musicians, doctors and students from UCLA and all over the country to critically examine scientific theory and religious inquiry. Read more...


Spring 2003 USAC elections under way

The undergraduate student government’s election season officially kicked off Tuesday night when all candidates convened for the first time at an orientation meeting to become better acquainted with election procedures. Read more...


Professorial politics elicit diverse student reactions

The mixed support and condemnation that erupted this past week when 180 professors made their personal opinions on the war widely known to the public mirrors the wide range of feelings about whether professors should express their political opinions inside the classroom. Read more...


’70s lecturer made FBI list

Angela Davis is a political activist, a member of the Communist Party, a former vice presidential candidate, and the third woman in history to appear on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 10 Most Wanted list. Read more...



Getting drunk for fun not worth potential risks

Drinking on college campuses is a serious problem. Certain occasions are worthy of a few drinks, but when a person can’t be involved in a normal conversation, or seems to think doing his personal variation of the “monkey dance” is the most attractive thing in the world, the drinking has gone too far. Read more...


Vigil held for subcontracted workers

UCLA workers and students stood in a circle together, holding flowers and chanting “Si se puede (Yes, you can)!” The group of people were part of the Vigil for Justice in support of non-student workers who want to be hired by UCLA directly, rather than through subcontractors. Read more...