More than 500 college mathematics professors from 125 major universities throughout the country will formally express their concern about the rising cost of textbooks by issuing a joint call to action today in Schoenberg Quad. The event is coordinated by the California Student Public Interest Research Group, a group that has been working to shed […]
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Student dies after lengthy struggle
UCLA student Liza Mederos, who had hoped one day to create a foundation to help troubled youth, died Monday morning at the UCLA hospital. She was 26. Mederos, a fourth-year sociology student who was diagnosed with aplastic anemia at age 12, had fought through a bone marrow transplant at the start of fall 2003 and […]
Workers’ union charges UC with unfair practices
The union of many UCLA service workers filed unfair practice charges against the University of California last week, on behalf of two former De Neve Plaza dining services workers. The university has until March 15 to respond to the charges made against it. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the union representing […]
Med Center takes notes on terrorist attack procedures
Doctors and UCLA students in residency gathered in the emergency department of UCLA Medical Center on Tuesday morning, not to deal with patients but to learn how to handle a terrorist attack in the event that such an incident occur in the Los Angeles area. Standing in front of the room was visiting Israeli emergency […]
Publisher aims to lower prices
Thomson Learning, a prominent textbook publisher, recently announced its launch of a new line of low-priced textbooks that will be available to students starting in the summer of 2004. The company said these books will be 25 percent cheaper than the hardcover books it produces for the same courses. Thomson Learning publishes books in all […]
Long distance learning
As 50 students gather in their Knudsen Hall classroom today to learn about genetic engineering, 30 more students will join them from Japan, thanks to fiber-optic cables, electrical blackboards and the desire of professors worldwide to provide their students with a multicultural experience. Professor Bob Goldberg teaches the Honors Collegium course “Genetic Engineering in Medicine, […]
CALPIRG to begin new pledge drive
A quarterly weeklong pledge drive for students to donate to a state-wide advocacy program starts next week, but many students seem unaware of the purpose the group serves. During the week of Feb. 9 to 13, members of the California Public Interest Research Group will be seen on Bruin Walk and throughout the UCLA campus […]