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Taxpayers paid for Gingrich’s private travel By David Morris The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich didn’t receive a dime to teach a history course at a Georgia college in 1993, but government records show taxpayers picked up most of the tab to fly him there. The records, compiled by the office of the House […]

Community debates American identity Panelists, audience engage in heated dialogue on multiculturalism By Nancy Hsu and Lucia Sanchez Daily Bruin Senior Staff Members of the campus community engaged in a lively dialogue at a town hall meeting Wednesday night about their identities and relationships in a multicultural, multiracial society. Close to 300 people gathered in […]

Rutgers president explains statement Lawrence objects to SAT’s monopoly on student evaluation The Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — The president of Rutgers University says he did not mean it when he told a group of faculty members that some disadvantaged students do not have "the genetic hereditary background" to score well on standardized tests. The […]

Media use of Christian symbols fuels debate First Amendment becomes central to the discussion By Rashmi Nijagal A nude woman wearing a halo, surrounded by cherubs and the words "Virgin Merry," adorned the cover of last May’s issue of the gay, lesbian and bisexual newsmagazine Ten Percent. Intended to illustrate an issue about virginity and […]

UCLA simmers over ‘melting pot’ debate Students examine cultural identity in diverse society By Jennifer K. Morita Collecting baseball cards was the first thing Iranian immigrant Omid Beheshti did when he began sixth grade in the United States in 1986. "I didn’t even know what they were," said Beheshti, a fifth-year UCLA electrical engineering student. […]

Indictment likely in probe Internal audit finds financial violations in UCLA radiology By Ben Gilmore An FBI probe of UCLA’s radiological sciences department may result in federal indictments of at least one former UCLA employee for allegedly overbilling the university through temporary employment agencies. In addition, two other former employees may plead guilty to criminal […]

ASUCLA suffers heavy loss, incoming funds low Association struggles to pay debt, funding for Ackerman Union expansion project By Patrick Kerkstra Five hundred and eighty thousand dollars worth of sweatshirts, coffee, Treehouse food and other merchandise ­ that’s how much preliminary reports show the Associated Students of UCLA (ASUCLA) to be under its projected income […]