Saturday, May 2


USAC working on keeping promises

With one summer, six weeks of the quarter and a successful referendum under their belts, officers of the undergraduate student government say they are buckling down to fulfill the campaign promises they made last spring. Read more...


Project may alleviate grad housing problems

Site work on Weyburn Terrace housing, the new apartments specifically designed to meet the needs of UCLA graduate students, is underway. While UCLA has eight buildings bordering the core campus to house undergraduate students, it has none within walking distance for graduate students. Read more...


Port of L.A. serves as busy trade gateway

Money. Whether counted in dollars, euros, or yen, money ““ and much of the goods it buys ““ is not confined by national boundaries. International trade, the economic component of what many call “globalization,” is a major part of business today, and many professionals expect its role to grow. Read more...


Supporters of secession undeterred by loss

Propositions F and H, meant to break the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood from Los Angeles, may have failed to pass in Tuesday’s elections, but do not expect proponents of secession to start singing Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.” just yet. Read more...


L.A. voter turnout 41 percent

Tuesday’s midterm election was met with indifference and frustration at UCLA as a low voter turnout was aggravated by incomplete voter registration lists on campus. The low turnout for Tuesday’s gubernatorial election did nothing to dispel widespread concerns about voter apathy, especially among college students. Read more...


151: leader of the alcoholic pack

In every realm of nature there have always been struggles for the throne of bad-assed-ness. Whether it’s alpha males competitively vying for female attention, rivers and mountains struggling for ultimate geologic supremacy or me haranguing my editors to get profanities included in my columns, nature’s dictate has always created a power struggle. Read more...