When people say we’re elitist, I start laughing. Most of
us are loud, opinionated and cynical. But elitist? I wonder how the
rumor got started.
We eat our lunches in an unventilated office while making
frantic phone calls, and finish writing our articles only to go
home and stay up late writing papers.

The passage of the PULSE referendum will not only prevent debt
due to budget cuts, but will also allow groups not to fund-raise as
heavily and keep them from having to dig deeper into USAC’s
surplus funds, groups say.

At a time when graduate student funding is described by
professors with terms such as “crisis” and
“nightmare,” faculty and graduate students are
increasingly having to focus on funding rather than academics.

A sea of fingers filled the air in the De Neve Auditorium,
“shimmering” ““ wiggling fingers as a substitute
to applause ““ to support candidates running in the
Undergraduate Students Association Council elections.

Voting for the Graduate Student Association election begins
today at noon, and campaigning is in full force, though much of it
is not visible on campus.

Graduate students’ awareness of the Graduate Student
Association is limited, and many students are not aware of its
social activities and advocacy work. But officers say they are
beginning to combat apathy with better communication and anticipate
greater turnout in this year’s officer elections.

As a cardboard box filled with note cards with candidates’
names written on them was shaken vigorously, the candidates for the
upcoming USAC election waited quietly, eyes fixed on the box,
awaiting the selection of the first name to be listed on the
election ballot.

The UCLA Library Special Collection’s acquisition of the
A&M Records Collection will enhance UCLA as a destination for
the study of American music and popular culture, scholars say.

Students in 14 underfunded Los Angeles schools will be receiving
an unexpected donation to their science classes ““ a scanning
tunneling microscope which would cost $100,000 to $280,000 retail
price.

Many UCLA community members are mourning the death of Johnnie
Cochran, a 1959 UCLA graduate who became famous for successfully
defending O.J. Simpson against murder charges, and who was
remembered by minority communities for his philanthropy, civil
rights activism and defense of many poor clients.