Tuesday, August 4


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Student achievement outweighs obstacles I am writing in response to the article about my involvement with Teach for America (“New Teachers Overcome Obstacles: Marjorie Clark,” News, June 1). Read more...




If grad school’s the next stop, take a detour

We get contemplative as our college careers come careening to a close. Instead of focusing solely on papers, finals and vacation plans like we have at the end of previous quarters at UCLA, we spend our time musing about the unanswerable questions, such as “Have I spent my time here wisely?”, “Have I made the right decisions?” and “Will they still let me graduate if I have $4,750 worth of unpaid campus parking tickets?” But while we look back on our time here with regret or wistfulness or simply with joy that we’re done, we also fear for the time ahead. Read more...



Debate needed on Los Alamos’ new management

As of June 1, responsibility for Los Alamos National Laboratory, which created the first atomic bomb and now conducts national security science research, will no longer rest solely in the hands of the University of California, which has managed the lab since its creation during World War II. Read more...