Where have all the stoners gone? Many longtime Westwood residents might recall those hazier days when students would pack Meyerhoff Park to smoke marijuana on the traditional smoker holiday known as 420. But in recent years, April 20 has been more or less like any other day on campus, as students have taken their toking […]
Author Archives: Richard Clough
Mayor addresses plan for schools
From the gymnasium of South Los Angeles’ Accelerated School on Tuesday night, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa used his first State of the City Address to deliver his most complete and resounding overture yet for taking over the city’s public schools. “Unless we face the crisis in our schools, we will never truly hold ourselves to account,” […]
State to hear gay texts bill
The long-standing debate over the government’s role in determining academic curricula will run head-on this week into the struggle for gay rights as the California Senate hears a bill that would require publishers to include gay and lesbian history in public school textbooks. Sponsored by Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica ““ a UCLA alumna and […]
Iran closer to nuclear power
The state of international nuclear arms development has taken center stage as Iran’s president announced Tuesday that his country has for the first time successfully enriched uranium ““ less than a week after President Bush unveiled an extensive U.S. nuclear weapons research plan. Though Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran seeks only to use this […]
[NCAA Tournament]: Out in full force ““ or not
An air of melancholy hung over Westwood on Monday night following the defeat of the UCLA men’s basketball team in the NCAA Championship game as droves of police officers tried to make sure that the postgame reaction did not turn violent. University police, city police and California Highway Patrol officers blanketed the streets of Westwood […]
Immigration bill incites protest
Contentious debate and widespread protests erupted this past week as lawmakers in the House and Senate began debating an immigration reform bill that would tighten restrictions on immigrants trying to cross the border between the United States and Mexico. The House bill, HR 4437, was proposed by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and has already […]
UC Senate chair voted out
In an unprecedented move, faculty leaders earlier this week voted out their top representative. Dissatisfied with UC Academic Senate Chair Clifford Brunk’s performance, the Academic Senate, which represents faculty at all University of California campuses, voted Monday to remove Brunk as chair. Concerns over Brunk’s treatment of senate employees led senate members to question his […]