UCLA’s chapter of a prominent activist student group
continues its unique struggles to survive and shake the nickname of
“The five-dollar-a-quarter group.”
Since 1994, The California Public Interest Research Group has
survived by organizing a pledge drive every quarter.

The chasm between rich and poor, fed and hungry in Los Angeles
became crystal clear Saturday to about 20 UCLA students who
distributed goods to the homeless on Skid Row.

Ghostly hitchhikers vanishing mysteriously, missing links
prowling the night, or aliens abducting people and their beloved
pets from their homes ““ whether fascinating us, scaring us,
or just making us laugh, urban legends continue to attract our
interest and attention.

United Students Against Sweatshops worked to address abuses in
the garment industry with speakers and a satirical runway show.
The Tuesday night event in the Kerckhoff Grand Salon featured
Alejandra Domenzain from the Los Angeles Garment Workers Center,
garment workers Esperanza Hernandez and Beatriz Estevez, UCLA Labor
Center project director Juan de Lara, International Vice President
of UNITE!

As part of Global Peace and Justice Week, students held an
information panel Wednesday night in Young Hall where three
anti-war speakers shared their views.
The speakers were Susu Attar from the Muslim Public Affairs
Council, Sonali Kolhatkar from KPFK radio and Rosie Baldonado from
the Gabriela Network.

Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher will be teaching a
class at UCLA next quarter through the Honors Collegium.
Christopher was secretary of state under Democratic President
Bill Clinton during his first term as president from 1993 to 1997.

A diverse crowd of students filled Young Hall auditorium Monday
night and heard Feminists for Life President Serrin Foster and
celebrity Patricia Heaton condemn abortion as immoral.