By Rohit Chetty Pressures of rising food prices are driving increasing numbers of people towards hunger at an alarming rate. Multiple factors contributing to this crisis such as rising populations, strong demand from developing countries, increased cultivation of crops for biofuels, and increasing floods and droughts?, according to AFP. These problems have been further exacerbated…
By Ayesha Husain Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman to be given the Nobel Peace Prize, has reported several recent death threats on her life. On April 5th, one such threat took the form of a missive sent to her office with the words, Shirin Ebadi, your death is near?. While Ebadi has been at…
by Adam Sheets, UCLA It is crucial that one has her/his facts straight about Israel”s war on Gaza. What events brought about this dreadful situation? What needs to be done to make it stop? These questions will be answered in the content of this article, using concrete facts from a variety of news sources. Let”s…
By Judith Pererra of The Daily Bruin More than 75 students crowded the meeting room at Kerckhoff on Tuesday night when the Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a humanitarian resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Gaza conflict by a vote of 8-2, with two councilmembers abstaining. The resolution, titled A Call for the Immediate…