Author Archives: Charles Proctor

SAN FRANCISCO ““ Yoga for peace? Only in San Francisco. Billing the conflict with Iraq as “The war to end all peace,” hundreds of peace activists moved through downtown San Francisco on Monday, performing everything from building sit-ins to Buddhist chants to curbside yoga in voicing their displeasure at a United States-led war in Iraq. […]

As the anti-war movement gathers steam heading into a crucial period of the Iraqi conflict, protesters from all walks of life are emerging to voice their opposition. Two days before President Bush threatened Iraq with war if Saddam Hussein doesn’t leave the country, average Americans ““ from store clerks to social workers, from students to […]

“The diplomatic window has closed.” White House Statement, released early Monday President Bush announced the end of diplomacy between the United States and Iraq on Monday night, demanding Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein flee the country within 48 hours or face war. “Events in Iraq have now reached the final days of decision,” Bush said. Speaking […]

Anti-war activists have done plenty of talking over the past couple months as the Bush administration railroads toward war. On Wednesday afternoon, they tried something different. They walked. In perhaps the biggest nationwide student movement since the Vietnam War, over 1,000 UCLA students staged a campus-wide walkout on Wednesday as part of a national moratorium […]

University students are frequently at the forefront of protest movements around the nation. Whether the demonstration is about war, racial inequality or faraway nations, college students shouting slogans and waving signs are a regular staple. However, students are often unaware of an issue that hits closer to home: the plight of campus workers. Campus workers […]

Many students probably think of hospitals as whitewashed bastions of modern medicine: clean, efficient and well-staffed. But, according to healthcare union organizers, L.A. hospitals are the farthest from. Union leaders and registered nurses came to campus Friday evening to advocate student involvement with labor unions and shed some light on the conflict between hospitals and […]

In a rare debate, Bruin Republicans and Bruin Democrats met Wednesday evening to slug it out over war, admissions and Saddam Hussein. The debate was lead by a panel of three representatives from each side. The audience, which consisted of about 20 people split evenly along party lines, participated frequently throughout. Although other issues ““ […]