Wildfire legislation garners concern

As wildfires torched California, advocates of President George Bush’s “Healthy Forest Initiative” renewed calls for tree-thinning measures designed to help prevent damaging forest fires. The House of Representatives and Senate recently passed bills that would lead to thinning by revising U.S. forest policy to make it easier for logging on public land. Bush has indicated […]

Head of UCLA lab discovers previously untraceable steroid

Early in the summer, the United States Anti-Doping Agency sent Dr. Don Catlin a used syringe. The needle was given to the USADA by an anonymous “high profile” track and field coach concerned that athletes might be using a mysterious performance-enhancing drug. It had just a few drops of residue in it. That’s all Catlin […]

From the editor in chief – Dear reader: Please send your constructive, not destructive, criticism

Have you seen the My.UCLA forums lately? They’ve really got something for everyone. Students use them to buy and sell textbooks, look for roommates, debate who the next president should be and argue over the situation in the Middle East. Some use the chatrooms to ask other UCLA students important questions like: “What do the […]

Network helps children with traumatic stress disorder

On Sept. 11, 2001, two of the world’s largest buildings came crashing to the ground. Debris fell from the sky, covering entire blocks of New York City ““ and some elementary schools. That day, 8,500 students were evacuated from schools near the World Trade Center. But for many of those students, the problems did not end […]