As President Bush tries to convince the nation and the world that war against Iraq will be necessary if Saddam Hussein refuses to disarm, 41 American nobel laureates, including the only two living professors at UCLA to win the award, have signed a statement urging the president to stay his hand. A UC Santa Barbara […]
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Bush enumerates Iraq’s offenses
President Bush maintained his administration’s tough stance against Iraq last night, announcing he will ask the United Nations to consider evidence against Saddam Hussein in what could be a step closer to war. During his State of the Union address Tuesday, Bush unveiled plans to present intelligence to the U.N. Security Council on Feb. 5 […]
Legislators ask regents to condemn Connerly’s remarks
As the nation looks toward California as an example of how, or how not, to deal with race in public policy, a group of legislators is criticizing one of the architects of the state’s racial policy. In a letter dated Jan. 23, 36 state legislators, all Democrats, urged the University of California Board of Regents […]
Position open for UC student regent
Calling all public-minded, policy-savvy or just plain power-hungry students ““ this is your chance to get an early start in the running for the next student regent. Out of nearly 180,000 students enrolled in the University of California, only one has a vote on the UC Board of Regents, the governing body of the university. […]
UC will file suit against WorldCom in California
The University of California, already waging a legal battle against Enron, will file a suit against downfallen communications firm WorldCom this week in a California court. Meeting in closed session last week in San Francisco, the UC Board of Regents decided to drop out of the class-action suit filed in federal court in New York […]
Connerly won’t rescind remarks
Ward Connerly, University of California regent and chair of an anti-affirmative action interest group, says he will not apologize for saying segregationists can believe in racial equality. The University of California Students Association voted unanimously last week to seek Connerly’s apology for statements made on Dec. 13 while appearing on CNN’s “Wolf Blitzer Reports.” Commenting […]
Regents may draw the line at student, faculty dating
SAN FRANCISCO ““ Though widely considered a professional taboo and a major breach of ethics, there is no systemwide rule at the University of California prohibiting professors from both dating and lecturing their students. But, as UC Regents discussed at their meeting Thursday, this freedom may be coming to an end. Led by a report […]