On July 30, John McCain’s campaign released a television ad flashing images of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Barack Obama. The ad likened Obama to these Hollywood starlets and questions whether his celebrity qualifies him to be president.
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Coalition rallies young vote
The undergraduate student government teamed up with the Office of Residential Life to encourage students on the Hill to register to vote before the upcoming 2008 presidential election.
Concert takes aim at genocide
Hundreds of students eagerly waited for musical artists and speakers at Thursday’s night Mighty Mic Human Rights Awareness Concert, which educated the audience about the implications of genocide.
Speech and debate team gains steam
When UCLA students first began its debate team, a rival coach told the group they would not last two months.
Three years later, the team is more successful than it has ever been.
Service workers to vote on potential strike
After 10 months of negotiations, patient-care and service workers from all 10 University of California campuses will be voting from May 17 to 22 on whether or not to strike. The 20,000 workers’ contracts expired 10 months ago, and since then the UC has been conducting two separate deliberations with the workers’ union, the American […]
Couples build relationships across age gap
When Danielle Shelton, now 18, first started dating her boyfriend, she was 16 and he was 23.
Holocaust survivors share stories, keep memories alive
Two Holocaust survivors will speak about their experiences tonight in a ceremony in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day.