Usually, political updates from Afghanistan travel halfway around the world through several satellites and news reporters before reaching Americans. But last week, a full lecture hall of UCLA students heard about the progress of Afghanistan’s government directly from Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah. His lecture during the Politics and International Law Colloquium, hosted by the […]
Author Archives: Alexa Vaughn
Court says no to schools
In a unanimous decision Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that universities must allow military recruiters on campus even if schools oppose the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which prohibits openly gay people from serving. A coalition of law schools from across the country filed a suit against the military because they believed military recruitment […]
Budget shows hefty cuts to education
As President Bush works to cut the federal deficit in half by 2009, recently released budget documents project a trend of deep funding reductions for many domestic programs “”mdash; for higher education. The 673-page budget document released by the White House last week sets out a blueprint for spending levels for the next five years. […]
HIV/AIDS awareness encouraged in Black community
In an effort to reduce the number of HIV/AIDS cases among blacks, people from the Los Angeles area and across the country are observing the sixth National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day today. Though the black community only makes up 13 percent of the U.S. population, they make up 40 percent of the HIV/AIDS cases reported […]