Friday, November 13

Letters to the Editor

Code Pink “childish, disrespectful” With all due respect to Mark Davis’ letter “Jones is childish, disrespectful” (April 7), the comments regarding the Code Pink women were way out of line. Read more...



UCLA community shows concern over SARS

Anne Cheung, a first-year psychology student, spent spring break in Hong Kong with her family. Her mother wanted her there to celebrate her twentieth birthday. Cheung wasn’t concerned about severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, until she stepped off the plane and walked onto the streets of Hong Kong, where everyone had on a mask and fear of the virus was rampant. 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...



Speaking time too short, public says

Attorney Frank Angel knows first-hand how frustrating the time limitations on public speaking at UC Board of Regents meetings can be. Angel said the governing body of the UC system did not receive proper public input at their meeting last Thursday and subsequently made a decision that could have major consequences for UCLA’s campus. Read more...