Author Archives: Peach Indravudh

There are times when he smokes to help himself study. There are times when he does it to relieve the pain in his knees. Then there are times when Mike uses medicinal marijuana to receive what he says is a smoother, much cleaner high than he can get from the cannabis he could obtain illegally. […]

They entered the lecture hall dressed in black with white bands tied around their arms. As the students came in and sat on the floors of the UCLA School of Law, one professor asked the students why the mass of marchers had come into her classroom. “We want to show what a diverse classroom really […]

In a system-wide movement that could change the University of California’s admissions process, a group of UC professors Friday proposed expanding a holistic approach to all 10 campuses. Holistic admissions are already used at UC Berkeley and are in the process of being established at UCLA. The professors presented their proposal at a conference at […]

In another case of mismanagement at Los Alamos National Laboratory, officials confirmed Wednesday that there was a potentially major security breach in the University of California-managed lab, one of the nation’s major nuclear research centers. Police stumbled across computer drives that belonged to the laboratory during a drug arrest last week. Los Alamos Police Sgt. […]

The archives are stashed in a building in Dili, the capital of East Timor, protected only by a padlock. A few security guards surround the building, but they do not compare to the potential power of an armed gang of looters. The 600 hours of audiotape resurrect testimonies of a violent, turbulent past. The 1,000 […]

Students camped out as early as 3 a.m. Friday to see former President Bill Clinton speak on campus as a proponent of Proposition 87, which is directed toward decreasing California’s dependency on oil and would fund research to develop alternative sources of energy. The $4 billion program, to be voted on in the Nov. 7 […]

The lyrical melodies of South Asian windpipes mingle with the rhythmic beats of drums. A high-pitched voice harmoniously rises above the instruments, exchanging choruses with a baritone line that conveys the words of an exotic language of an Indian tradition. Jigish Patel looks over to his friends and begins to demonstrate the two-beat Garba dance. […]