Funding draft draws criticism

Members of the University of California’s systemwide student lobbying organization expressed dissatisfaction with several provisions of a new draft of student government funding, released by the UC Office of the President, after reviewing the draft during the past week. UCOP released its second draft of guidelines regarding student government funding last week. The office has […]

Campus dispute results in arrest

A student was arrested on Wednesday after allegedly harassing members of a student group embroiled in a campaign to discredit the Chicana/o student group MEChA. Grant Lopez, a 34-year-old UCLA student, was arrested late Wednesday morning under the charge of robbery, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. Lopez is being held on $50,000 bail. […]

Student remembers hero on anniversary of shuttle crash

When third-year aerospace engineering student Smitha Prabhuswamy was 12, she decided she wanted to be the first Indian woman to go to space. But the very next year, Kalpana Chawla beat her to it when Chawla flew aboard the space shuttle Columbia in November 1997. Six years later, Chawla flew on the same space shuttle […]

Anti-Islamic Week flyers posted on MSA signs

Offensive flyers about Islamic Awareness Week were posted on sign boards set up by the Muslim Student Association on Bruin Walk on Friday ““ the last day of a week coordinated by the student group to raise consciousness about the Islamic culture and religion. MSA members discovered the flyers Friday morning and immediately removed them, […]