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Date Posted: 23:28:07 01/20/04 Tue
February 2, 1996
Embattled Student Files 2nd Suit Against School District
The Los Angeles Times reported that a 17-year-old former student at Los Alamitos High School, who sued his school district the year before for blocking his ascension to student body president because of his grades, made another lawsuit against the district for revealing his grade point average. The lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court by 17-year-old Albert Nguyen and his father accused the Los Alamitos Unified School District, the school and activities director Jerry Halpin of invading Nguyen's privacy by revealing the teen's grade point average to a reporter. Nguyen's grades were the central issue in the school's decision to block him from assuming his elected seat as student body president. According to the school, a student must maintain a 3.0 grade point average each semester to be eligible to hold that office. But Nguyen's former attorney argued in a lawsuit filed last year that the student only needed to maintain an overall 3.0 grade point average.
February 2, 1997
A Bigger Picture in Santa Ana
An article by Juan Carlos Savales in published in The Los Angeles Times, wrote a three-part articles about the fact that Santa Ana suffers from a high homicide rate when compared to other Orange County cities. This interpreted by many that Latinos are more prone to violence than Anglos. Violence in this country cannot be only a minority issue. It must be pointed out, however, that not all Anglos are of the social economic level of Orange County. Nor all Latinos were of the social economic level present in Santa Ana. There is no greater area of segregation and economic disparity between Anglos and Latinos than Orange County at the time. Long generations of Latino middle-class background are now residing in the San Gabriel Valley. Thousands of Anglos residing in Bakersfield, Riverside and San Bernardino, reflect similar economic conditions like those present in Santa Ana. There is no excuse for the violence present in Santa Ana. Still, thousands of Latinos work in carwashes, clean their houses, take care of their children, serve at almost all of the area's restaurants. Even dough some races have the same social status, crime and stereotype will still be among American societies.
February 2, 1998
Americans Back Military Strike Against Hussein
Five years ago, Americans by a large margin supported the use of force against Iraq in the conflict over weapons inspections and dismissed the suggestion that President Clinton is preparing a move against Saddam Hussein to distract attention from his own problems, a nationwide poll showed. While the poll indicates the Clinton administration can count on considerable public deference for whatever moves it takes against Iraq, it contained one cautionary note. By 68% to 24%, those surveyed said they believed airstrikes against Iraq should be designed to remove Hussein from power, not just to force him to cooperate with weapons inspectors. During that time, secretary of Defense William S. Cohen and other Pentagon officials have publicly said that airstrikes cannot accomplish the broader goal of bringing down the Iraqi regime and may not even be able to accomplish the goal of ensuring compliance with weapons inspections. As a result, much as the public viewed of the Persian Gulf War eventually soured somewhat because of Hussein's survival. For now, the poll indicates nothing but the support. By 71% to 22%, the public approved of U.S. to launching an airstrike against Iraq if that country did not allowed U.N. inspectors to inspect suspected sites for nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. Five years later, the polls opinion came true, however, no weapons of mass destruction were ever found and as a result huge budget cuts were made to fund the war.
February 2, 1999
Deal Reported for India to Sign Nuclear Test Ban
India has offered to sign a nuclear test-ban treaty in return for the lifting of economic sanctions imposed last year after it held nuclear tests, U.S. and Indian officials reported. The officials, speaking on conditions of secrecy, stopped short of declaring a breakthrough in their negotiations. India's offer came as rival Pakistan said it was willing to talk about its nuclear program with the U.S. The U.S. official said India's signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the lifting of sanctions could take place by the middle of that year. But as years go by, more nations are entering the race for nuclear missiles. Events like this can led to suspicions of nuclear threats and even war such as the one happening in Iraq.
February 2, 2000
CAMPAIGN 2000
McCain Swamps Bush as Gore Edges Bradley
Primary: New Hampshire voters hand Texas governor an embarrassing setback and ensure that Democratic contest will travel on to California.
John McCain scored a stunning landslide victory Tuesday over George W. Bush in the New Hampshire presidential primary, dealing Bush the first serious setback in his front-running bid for the Republican nomination. On the Democratic side, Al Gore won a narrower victory over Bill Bradley, ensuring their race continues to California. The results came close to repudiating those just eight days ago in Iowa, where Bush and Gore walked away the winners--Gore by a mile--with a chance to put their races away. Instead, the outcome fortified McCain and kept Bradley's hopes alive. McCain's blowout, in particular, represented a huge embarrassment for Bush, who has raised more money than any presidential candidate in history and enjoyed overwhelming support from the bulk of his party's establishment. "Clearly, the inevitability of a Bush nomination and a general election victory have been cast in doubt and that's a major problem for the governor since that was his ace in the hole," said Stuart Rothenberg, an independent Washington political analyst. "The size of the McCain victory has to be jarring to the Republican political establishment, not only here in New Hampshire but nationally."
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