USAC presidential hopefuls to debate tonight

As campaigning for the Undergraduate Students Association Council elections begins today, all three candidates for president will come together in a debate sponsored by the Daily Bruin and BruinNews29. The event, scheduled to be held in De Neve Auditorium at 7 p.m., is open to the public. Student Power! candidate Jenny Wood, Bruins United candidate […]

Running for the office: USAC elections begin

The navy blue t-shirt with the huge letters “UCLA” across his chest said it all. Big and bold, blue and gold, it embodied Alex Gruenberg’s every stated aspiration of being not only Undergraduate Students Association Council president, but a student at UCLA: an individual who aspires to stand tall for everyone. Gruenberg is currently the […]

[A closer look] Election brings thoughts of change

With the election date fast approaching, UCLA graduate students are preparing to decide who will be their new representatives in the Graduate Students Association for the 2005-2006 school year. The elections will be held from April 27 to May 3, and ballots will be available for submission online via the MyUCLA Web site. This year, […]

[A close look] Experts say consumer education is crucial

Ten years ago, Sandra Bullock’s “The Net” hit theaters and dramatized the life of a woman marred by identity theft. She had lost everything, from credit cards to her driver’s license. The movie may have seemed far-fetched to most people who did not use the Internet as frequently as they do today. But times have […]

Opposition raised to UC Press publication

Norman Finkelstein is releasing a new title through the University of California Press, but before the book has even been released, there has been opposition to its publication. Finkelstein currently teaches political theory at DePaul University in Chicago and is the author of four other titles, all dealing with the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict. […]