Wednesday, November 11

Greek system cleans up streets

Fraternity members arrived at the Sigma Nu fraternity house early Sunday morning, tired-eyed and sleepy, but ready to clean up their messy neighborhood. They were taking part in Operation Clean Sweep, a citywide program in its fourth year at UCLA that aims to bring together fraternities and community members to clean up Westwood. Read more...


Protesters arrested after trespassing at military fort

When Seth Cohen approached the fence that surrounds a military compound in Georgia last Sunday, he knew he was in trouble. But, harboring a five-year grievance against the training ground for Latin American soldiers, he and nearly 90 others stepped across the line anyway. Read more...


Wimsatt, students discuss public awareness

Fliers advertising the event read: “Billy “˜Upski’ Wimsatt speaks on “˜Why UCLA is America’s best hope to save our ass in the 21st century.'” But “Upski” didn’t want to come 3,000 miles to UCLA just to bore students with another anti-war seminar on Iraq. Read more...


Theft at Los Alamos under scrutiny

University of California President Richard Atkinson pledged to “take decisive action” in response to multiple federal investigations at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In a statement released Friday, Atkinson said he was “very concerned” about recent allegations of theft and cover-ups at the UC-managed nuclear lab. Read more...


U.S. education bureaucratic, creates unjust class system

The homogenizing of America’s children begins at an early age in the public school system where everyone is told to color inside the lines, get in line, shut up, and accept everything the teacher says “just because.” Though it is important to set the ground rules for society and preach the advantages of discipline, anyone who dares to display an iota of individuality is disciplined. Read more...


ECP requirement ignores student needs

In hurrying to accommodate the influx of students created by Tidal Wave II and in search of immediate solutions to the anticipated lack of funding in the near future, our university has hastily made the tradeoff between its quality of education and a greater quantity of education. Read more...