On Friday afternoon, with a surprising lack of opposition, UCLA became the first college in California to hold a gay marriage on campus. Peter Lopez, a former chairman of La Familia (a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender organization for Chicano/a students) married Willie Romero, his boyfriend of seven months, in Bruin Plaza before hundreds of onlookers. […]
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Gay marriage in Bruin Plaza to end Coming Out Week
A marriage ceremony between two men will take place in Bruin Plaza today at noon to conclude this year’s National Coming Out Week at UCLA. “The wedding will be traditional in many respects, except that it involves two men,” said Peter Lopez, one of the two fiancés. He added that he is very excited and […]
High court revisits gays in the military issue by hearing sodomy case
The military’s highest court heard arguments Tuesday for a case which has the potential to strike down the military’s criminalization of sex between two individuals of the same gender. Eric Marcum, a former Air Force technical sergeant, was convicted of consensual sodomy with another male member of the Air Force in his home in May […]
Hundreds rally against Prop. 54
Amid shouts and cheers, community organizers led an energetic rally that drew a few hundred students to protest Proposition 54. The proposition would prevent the government from recording racial data, except in some cases of health care and law enforcement. “We are what diversity looks like,” chanted the crowd along with emcees Andy RamÃrez, a […]
Opponents of Prop. 54 mobilize to inform, sway student voters
Two events will be held today in an attempt to rally students against Proposition 54 in a “No on Prop. 54 Day of Action” coordinated by student and community leaders. If passed next Tuesday, the ballot initiative would prevent the state government from recording racial data except in some health care and law enforcement situations. […]
Urban Outfitters plans to dress up Westwood
Another big-name retail corporation will be coming to Westwood Village next quarter, again with hopes that it will help revitalize traffic into the area. Urban Outfitters, scheduled to open on Feb. 1, will be located on the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Kinross Avenue. Darren Bell, vice president and director of leasing for Topa Management […]
Student coalition helps to register 1,500 voters
Though the student coalition heading “UCLA Vote 2003″ registered 15 percent of their original 10,000 student goal, many believe their efforts were a success. The coalition ““ made up of student leaders from organizations including CalPIRG, Bruin Democrats and five Undergraduate Students Association Council offices ““ worked up a frenzy Sunday and Monday to register […]