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Editorial: Stabbing at Young hits close to home

While the exact details of Thursday’s stabbing in Young Hall remain unclear, the horrific nature of the incident remains strikingly evident and disconcerting.

Editorial: Medical marijuana dispensaries may further hurt Westwood Village image

Here’s one disease marijuana can’t treat: Westwood’s image crisis.

Yudof is sending mixed signals

In a recent interview with The New York Times Magazine, UC President Mark Yudof gave tongue-in-cheek answers to forthright questions about the statewide budget crisis’ impact on the University of California.

Editorial: Pauley Pavilion renovation status should be kept public

The careers of UCLA students begin and end inside Pauley Pavilion. We enter the legendary arena at freshman orientation, slightly awestruck. Four years later, we exit the same doors adorned in black robes and caps.

Editorial: Students should do more to fight cuts

On Thursday afternoon, thousands of students, faculty and staff left their jobs and classes across 10 campuses to take part in the UC-wide walkout.

Editorial: Solutions for Powell need to be examined

Faced with a $1.9 million reduction in the system’s annual operating budget, administrators of the UCLA Library eliminated Night Powell, a service that kept study space in the College Library open 24 hours on most days.

U.S. troops, not war, merit public support

Now that thousands of American troops have entered Iraq, the face of the war debate has changed. Americans must now show support for the country’s troops, not because they support the war, but because they appreciate the fact that fellow human beings are placing themselves in harm’s way for a war they might not fully […]