Author Archives: Kelly Rayburn

Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, state Sen. Bruce McPherson and five third-party candidates focused on education issues in a debate Tuesday, as each tried to convince California voters he or she is best fit for the second-highest office in the state. McPherson, R ““ Santa Cruz, and Bustamante, a Democrat, both claimed to be the better […]

President Bush in a prime-time address called Saddam Hussein a “murderous tyrant” who is a threat to the United States and who must be dealt with by military means if necessary. “Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction,” he said in an evening speech at the Cincinnati Museum […]

Housing officials and students successfully worked together last year to ensure no students would be living in a study lounge during the 2002-2003 school year, but two major decisions ““ the enactment of housing’s “consolidation policy” and a raise in room and board fees ““ were made with little or no student input. Both Housing […]

Sometimes you want to go … where everybody knows your name … – “Cheers” theme UCLA is iconic among American universities, receiving the most applications and often becoming the backdrop for college-themed films. But for the most part it has lagged behind in one aspect of college life ““ serving alcohol to students on campus. […]

Members of the Associated Students of UCLA Board of Directors are busy evaluating services provided by the student union and recommending changes and additions for the future. The board is currently considering the benefits and drawbacks of ideas big and small. Discussions include everything from providing space for tutoring to trying to open an on-campus […]

Following its strongest financial year since coming close to bankruptcy and being bailed out by the chancellor in the mid-1990s, the Associated Students of UCLA ““ which provides a wide variety of non-academic services to UCLA students ““ is facing two major financial challenges this year. A temporary, five-year $43.50 increase in the student union […]

The media. That’s the massive conspiracy which, depending on whom you talk to, is either aligned with or against the government with the intent to destroy everything that is good or sacred or meaningful. Right? Sometimes it’s understandable people think this way, but, no, this is not the case. Really, those in the media don’t […]