There is strength in numbers, the old adage goes. This is the principle behind collective bargaining.
Author Archives: Nicole Mirea
_ASUCLA’s higher-priced convenience items can cause penny pinching_
For some consumers buying multiple items, that 13 percent can mean the difference between going to the student store or walking an extra 10 minutes.
In the know: Government crackdown in Syria
Homs, a Syrian industrial city with more than 1 million citizens, lies about 40 miles from the Mediterranean Sea.
In the know: Occupy Oakland violence
Oakland police arrested more than 400 Occupy Oakland members who attempted to break into Oakland City Hall, as well as the city’s downtown YMCA building and unused Henry Kaiser Convention Center Saturday afternoon in a protest that involved violence from both sides.
A different dotcom bust: copyright infringement
Following the arrests of Megaupload.com’s CEO, Kim Dotcom (born Kim Schmitz), and several top-level employees, the Internet can bid goodbye to the popular file-sharing website and its affiliates, including MegaVideo.com.
In the know: SOPA/PIPA controversy
A few days ago, I was casually browsing the Internet, looking for information about humor in the Soviet Union (it’s a pet hobby of mine). But as I tried to access Wikipedia’s article on Russian jokes, I found myself confronted with an ominous black page.
_UC butts in_
Full disclosure: I am not a smoker. But the suggested UC-wide 2014 smoking ban does have me worried.