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.

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.

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.

Library assistants at UC earn 33% less than in the CSU system.

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.