Proposition 69, the DNA Fingerprint Initiative, would immediately require all convicted felons to provide a non-invasive DNA sample for inclusion in a statewide database. Beginning in 2009, individuals arrested for felonies ““ not misdemeanor crimes like shoplifting under $400 or traffic violations ““ would also have to provide a DNA sample, but could have their sample removed if they are not convicted. Read more...

Imagine that the campus police mistakenly pick you up for shoplifting over $400 worth of BearWear at the campus store and you are later released without charges. Read more...

In order to clarify some issues that are often inadequately explained within the media and politics, I would like to discuss the issue of therapeutic cloning. Read more...

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Many students are wondering why Taco Bell is still on campus even though they did not respect the Associated Students of UCLA’s request to conduct a third-party investigation into the working conditions of Florida farmworkers, and even though the ASUCLA Food Services Committee has recommended, now for the second time, that the ASUCLA board of directors not renew the Taco Bell contract. Read more...

On Nov. 2, if you’re registered to vote in California, you’ll have the chance to vote on Proposition 60. Whether or not you think the state constitution should be amended to allow for open primaries, I have my own proposition to pitch: Dating should always be an open primary. Read more...

Is it important to ask how hard Sen. John Kerry will try to spend reconstruction money in Iraq? Is it important to ask how hard President George Bush will try to train Iraqi troops? Read more...