The anti-war movement might have gotten a boost last week when David Kay, the former weapons expert in Iraq, said there were no weapons of mass destruction in the country. “David Kay said that we were almost all wrong in predicting weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but the peace movement was saying over a […]
Author Archives: Dmitri Pikman
9/11 backlash declining, students say
It has been more than two years since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the harassment of Muslim Americans that accompanied the disaster, but Muslim students at UCLA say they are no longer experiencing noticeable backlash from the attack. “I honestly did not experience any changes. It might have been due to my […]
Muslim voters acquiring more political clout
There are 1.8 million registered Muslim voters in the United States, and that number is predicted to increase with a new generation of young Muslim Americans coming of voting age. And politicians are slowly starting to take notice. A Democratic forum in Michigan organized by the Arab American Institute last October was attended by all […]
Results of international Internet study released
For Jeffrey Cole, the idea to launch a multi-year international study of the Internet came to him one day in 1998. It occurred to him when he read that television viewing for kids under the age of 14 was down for the first time in history, mostly due to an increase in Internet use. “If […]
Community colleges to experience fast growth
California community college officials say their system may be unable to accommodate the governor’s plans to temporarily send thousands of next year’s incoming UC and CSU freshmen to community colleges. The governor also announced he would increase funding to community colleges by $125 million to help the schools deal with the increase in students. However, […]
Budget may meet much opposition
Though Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger just announced the state budget this Friday, many experts are already saying it will not be able to pass through the Legislature in its current form. In order to go into effect on July 15, the proposed budget must be approved by two-thirds of the state Senate and two-thirds of the […]
Propositions 56, 58 target California’s fiscal crisis
California voters may again have a big impact on the future of the state when they go to vote on two important propositions on the March ballot. In his budget announcement Friday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger talked in length about Proposition 58, which he is planning to introduce on the March ballot. The proposition will include […]