Author Archives: Charles Proctor

The University of California Board of Regents may get a rude awakening at their meeting today in San Francisco. Hundreds of UC students from around the state plan on attending the regents meetings today and tomorrow to protest a potential fee hike and urge the board not to approve the state’s Classification by Race, Ethnicity, […]

In what has been billed as a campus-wide “Day of Action,” UC students from around the state will participate in teach-ins and other programs this afternoon at UCLA geared toward educating themselves about student power and activism. Events include student-led teach-ins, rallies, a barbeque, and cultural and music performances. After the event, the students will […]

The UC Board of Regents has decided to delay a vote on student fee increases pending further information on the state’s budget crisis, according to a statement from the UC Office of the President on Friday. The regents were scheduled to vote on the issue this Wednesday at their bimonthly meeting in San Francisco. Now […]

Although most UCLA students may feel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is far enough away to be harmless to them, other students are taking action. The Chinese Students and Scholars Association began gathering donations on Bruin Walk on Tuesday to help doctors fight SARS half a world away. The donations will be used to purchase medical […]

Eric Fong has done many things. He is a national TV host, a martial arts student and part-time business manager of a local martial arts school. And, for the time being, he is stuck in the middle of an international health crisis. Fong is the only University of California student out of 44 to remain […]

University of California students studying in China are either on their way or have safely arrived at home after the Education Abroad Program had to suspend operations in China on April 18 because of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Of the 44 UC students participating in the program, 43 are returning. One student from UC Santa […]

Angela Davis is a political activist, a member of the Communist Party, a former vice presidential candidate, and the third woman in history to appear on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 10 Most Wanted list. And, for a brief time in 1970, she was a lecturer at UCLA. Davis, currently a tenured professor at UC […]