Friday, November 13


Teach-in warns against U.S. altruism

In contrast to the leftist inclination of the typical audience at anti-war events, many in attendance at Thursday’s teach-in voiced their impassioned support for continued military efforts in the Middle East to overthrow “oppressive” regimes. Read more...


GSA candidates for IVP

With Graduate Students Association elections less than a week away, John Pipan and Victoria Irigoyen, the two candidates running for the position of internal vice president, hinted at having different focuses if elected. Read more...


UC budget doesn’t cut into Howland’s salary

The UC Regents met last Thursday to discuss how they would deal with hundreds of millions of dollars in budget cuts to the UC system. That same day, UCLA held a press conference to announce the hiring of men’s basketball coach Ben Howland at the hefty price of almost $1 million a year for seven years. Read more...


BID audit invalid, chairman says

The Westwood Village Community Alliance met Wednesday to discuss the results of its audit, released Tuesday, with local community organizers and merchants. The private auditing firm Cannon and Company was hired to audit the WVCA, the title maintained by the previous Business Improvement District, for the three fiscal years in which it failed to audit itself. Read more...