SAN JOSE, Costa Rica “”mdash; As I sit at my desk at The Tico Times, an English-language weekly in Costa Rica, I realize how lucky I was to work at the Daily Bruin. I am lucky because working at The Bruin helped me get here, and because it gave me the skills to make the […]
Author Archives: Adam Foxman
Anderson Forecast shifts focus to China
China is on track for long-term economic growth and the expansion of the Asian powerhouse will likely yield more opportunities than threats for the United States, according to economists and business leaders who spoke at the presentation of the UCLA Anderson Forecast on Wednesday. The Anderson Forecast is a quarterly prediction of the California and […]
Student’s fate depends on overburdened court
As thousands across the nation took to the streets last Tuesday to protest legislation that would increase penalties against undocumented immigrants, Mario Escobar paced nervously in front of the Los Angeles Immigration Court on Olive Street. He was waiting for a judge to either deport him to El Salvador, from which he fled following the […]
Facing the threat of deportation
Mario Escobar’s boisterous laughter dies out as he tells his story. As other students focus on their final exams this week, he also has to cope with the possibility of being deported to a violent country. “It’s crazy; it’s a hell,” said Escobar, a fourth-year English and Spanish student. Escobar is one of dozens of […]
Graduates fulfill public interest
Julie Farrell has the job she went to UCLA to get. After spending six years working with lawyers while she was employed by nonprofit organizations such as The Nature Conservancy, she decided to make the jump to the legal side of community development. She then attended the UCLA School of Law specifically to become a […]
Competition at what cost?
Editor’s note: This is last in a three part series about compensation and salaries at UCLA. Competition: It happens when there is a small pool of candidates who have the skills to lead a university. And it’s driving salaries up for everyone in that pool of highly qualified administrators. That has been the mantra of […]
Gender salary gap has grown
Editor’s note: This is second in a three part series about compensation and salaries at UCLA. Part three will run Wednesday. When salaries are compared in terms of gender at UCLA, differences abound. Men still outearn and outnumber women in the university’s professorial ranks, and the gap between the salaries of male and female professors […]