In the race to the White House, a Massachusetts liberal is battling a Bush in close, heated battle. Sound familiar? Well, it does to Michael Dukakis. The former Massachusetts governor and sometime UCLA public policy professor was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988 when a series of personal attacks from the elder Bush camp contributed […]
Author Archives: Richard Clough
Where is your voice?
If history is any indicator, Nov. 2 may see more midterms crammed for than ballots cast by young people at UCLA and across the country. The notoriously apathetic under-30 voting bloc has shown a steady, 30-year decline in poll presence each Election Day, but many people hope and believe this election will be the death […]
[Online Exclusive] Questions surface on student’s presence in Mexico
After disappearing more than six weeks ago, UCLA student Ahmad Arain has returned home to his grateful and relieved family. The fourth-year computer science student was picked up by family members in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday night after he sent them an e-mail indicating his whereabouts. “We’re ecstatic,” said Sulayman Arain, Arain’s brother. He said the […]
Official seeks increase in local minority admissions
Students and community members joined a state senator on campus Wednesday to support his campaign to make UCLA more representative of the Los Angeles area. The event garnered some response from university administrators but likely will not yield an immediate change in admissions policies. A contingent of about 80 students, community members and reporters gathered […]
Student’s family continues search
A month after UCLA student Ahmad Arain was reported missing, his family continues to search for him with the hope and expectation that he will return home safely. Though simultaneous investigations by the university police and a private investigator hired by the family have yielded no indications as to the whereabouts of Arain, Arain’s friends […]
Campaigns hit Oregon trail
PORTLAND, Ore. “”mdash; In simultaneous West Coast campaign swings President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., made brief Southern California appearances last week before moving on to the battleground state of Oregon. As the Nov. 2 election draws near, the two have switched their campaigns into high gear, raising money and reaching […]
Performance review calls for education changes
The California Performance Review, a commission appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to review the efficiency of the state government, called for several major changes to the state’s higher education system when it released its final report last week. In an effort to save the state money, commission recommendations included the creation of a new Higher […]