Monday, November 9

Lecturers strike at UC campuses

More than 1,000 lecturers at five University of California campuses picketed Monday ““ instead of teaching their classes ““ as part of a two-day strike they hope will bring public awareness to their cause and pressure the administration to compromise on contract issues. Read more...



Editorial

Former United States president, and now Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jimmy Carter has done more than give peace a chance ““ he’s helped make it work. Read more...


Coming Out Day tagging unproductive, disunifying

How hideous a morning I had to endure as I walked by the chalk-laden buildings of Royce Hall and Powell Library. How fiendish the sight of yellow chalk on the concrete; how heinous the act of vandalism that left blue chalk on my Levi’s after sitting on a formerly non-political bench. Read more...




Surgeon simplifies chest surgery

UCLA employee Tim Alexander was born with pectus excavatum, a deformity also known as “sunken” or “concave” chest. Although he was initially advised against corrective surgery when he was younger, Alexander, now 32 years old, was able to take advantage of a new technique developed by UCLA professor of surgery Eric Fonkulsrud. Read more...