We shut down two checkpoints and huge lines of ticket holders were turned away. In the words of our beloved president: “Mission accomplished.�

Who wants you to thlink this is democracy?

“How do you kill a puppet? You cut its strings!�

The Antiwar Coalition meets on Fridays from 5-7 pm at Baytree Conference Room D (subject to change).

The UC Regents, those compassionate overlords who love students and UC employees almost as much as they love nuclear bombs and money, are at it again, spending money they “don’t have� for “the good of the university.� The Regents quietly created a new $192,000 management position for the longtime partner of our new chancellor, Denice Dee Denton.

The privatization of public education has become a closer reality throughout the years, as UC, CSU, community college, and K-12 students have seen brutal attacks on their education. For the 2004-2005 school year, undergrad students were hit with a 14% increase and graduate students with a 25% increase in tuition. For the 2005-2006 school year, undergrad students might see a rise of another 8% and grads a 10% increase in tuition; there is a 3% general fund increase as well.

Statistically, 81% of EAOP students who entered the UC system were still continuing their education after 3 years (eaop.org). So, why is the state legislature trying to gradually diminish programs like this one and raise tuition at the same time?

About two dozen people gathered on Saturday 2-12-05 at the KFC on Mission St. in Santa Cruz to protest KFC's continued failure to put a stop to abuses against chickens taking place in the factories and slaughterhouses that provide chicken to KFC. Chickens are routinely scalded alive, beaten and kicked. In addition, the chickens are kept in crowded filthy conditions and pumped full of hormones which frequently results in their inability to stand up or flap their wings. The protests take place at the Mission St. KFC on the first Saturday of every month and are organized by The Progressive Animal Rights Alliance in conjunction with PETA.

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On February 12, 2005 there was an alternative/independent media conference in Fresno. Here is what happened.

An attack against the fur industry this Monday, Feb 14th, from your computer!
_www.ecd-fur.com
_www.huntingdonsucks.com

How the U.S. military occupation looks from the other end of the gun barrel.