UCLA’s chapter of a prominent activist student group continues its unique struggles to survive and shake the nickname of “The five-dollar-a-quarter group.” Since 1994, The California Public Interest Research Group has survived by organizing a pledge drive every quarter. They ask for a $5 pledge from each student per quarter, and must get at least […]
Author Archives: Brian Rabkin
Students deliver food, hope to Skid Row
The chasm between rich and poor, fed and hungry in Los Angeles became crystal clear Saturday to about 20 UCLA students who distributed goods to the homeless on Skid Row. Many students also volunteered to make sandwiches on their way to and from class Friday as part of the California Public Interest Research Group’s Annual […]
Class demystifies urban legends
Ghostly hitchhikers vanishing mysteriously, missing links prowling the night, or aliens abducting people and their beloved pets from their homes ““ whether fascinating us, scaring us, or just making us laugh, urban legends continue to attract our interest and attention. Professor Patrick Polk is teaching an extension class dealing with urban legends and popular culture […]
Sweatshops addressed in mock fashion show
United Students Against Sweatshops worked to address abuses in the garment industry with speakers and a satirical runway show. The Tuesday night event in the Kerckhoff Grand Salon featured Alejandra Domenzain from the Los Angeles Garment Workers Center, garment workers Esperanza Hernandez and Beatriz Estevez, UCLA Labor Center project director Juan de Lara, International Vice […]
Anti-war info panel held in Young Hall
As part of Global Peace and Justice Week, students held an information panel Wednesday night in Young Hall where three anti-war speakers shared their views. The speakers were Susu Attar from the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Sonali Kolhatkar from KPFK radio and Rosie Baldonado from the Gabriela Network. Attar, who has family in Iraq, criticized […]
Ex-secretary of state to teach honors course next quarter
Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher will be teaching a class at UCLA next quarter through the Honors Collegium. Christopher was secretary of state under Democratic President Bill Clinton during his first term as president from 1993 to 1997. The class will concentrate on nine international hot spots. The hot spots include North and South […]
Heaton, Foster speak against abortion in Young Hall
A diverse crowd of students filled Young Hall auditorium Monday night and heard Feminists for Life President Serrin Foster and celebrity Patricia Heaton condemn abortion as immoral. Heaton, who stars on the hit CBS show “Everybody Loves Raymond,” said she was trying to create a new discussion on abortion on college campuses because she believes […]