LOCAL News :: Education & Youth : Peace & War
We Don’t Need the Regents, the Regents Need Us!
28 Jun 2005
by
Darwin BondGraham - The Project

As long as corporate elites like Parsky, Blum, Moores, Preuss, Pattiz - old, crusty, billionaire, white, men - control the university’s board we’re going to lose every specific battle, be it student fees, diversity, outreach, academic programs, militarism, ecology, etc.
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LOCAL News :: Education & Youth : Peace & War
Student Statement Against the UC’s Managment of Nuclear Weapon Labs and Partnership with Betchel
28 Jun 2005
by
The Coalition to Demilitarize the UC

Bechtel and the two other industrial firms the UC Regents are partnering with - Washington Group International, and BWX Technologies Inc. - will make mass production in Los Alamos more than a reality, they will make it highly efficient.
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LOCAL News :: Education & Youth : Peace & War
“We Vote No!� Students Protest Regents’ Decision to Bid on Nuclear Labs
28 Jun 2005
by
Marla Zubel - The Project
When Regent Blum, who seeks to profit $25 million dollars from the contract, spoke, students waved dollar bills in the air. They also were rather animated with thumbs down, hissing and an occasional laugh at the notion of “national service� which characterized many of the regents’ attitudes toward the labs.
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LOCAL News :: Education & Youth : Labor & Economics
The Case for CUE: Wage Parity and More
28 Jun 2005
(Updated)
by
The Project

Library assistants at UC earn 33% less than in the CSU system.
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LOCAL News :: Education & Youth : Peace & War
Being a Military Recruiter Must Suck
28 Jun 2005
(Updated)
by
Mara Ortenburger - The Project

Recruiters prey on society’s most disadvantaged groups, making wild promises of travel, money for school, job training, and adventure. This is bogus. Only 15% of enlistees get the full amount of funding promised by the GI bill and 57% get no money at all.
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