The leading candidates in the California recall election have repeatedly vowed to protect educational funding and access, but they have a shortage of viable options to deal with the state’s budget problem. California is projecting a budget deficit trend of $8 billion per year, and economists agree that cutting expenditures and raising taxes are the […]
Author Archives: Adam Foxman
For the rest of us – triathlon: UCLA boasts top finishers in L.A. Triathlon
Standing wetsuit-clad on Venice beach, it was comforting to hear that almost everyone else was nervous about the swim. It was Sunday morning, Sept. 7, and my wave of the fourth annual Los Angeles Triathlon was about to start. When the announcer made the call, I ran down the beach with the nearly 100 other […]
In with the TRUE blue
In fall of 2003, all of UCLA’s 22 varsity athletic teams will be “True Blue” for the first time. This year, UCLA Athletics and Associated Students of UCLA will launch their “True Blue” campaign. True blue is a shade of blue ““ darker than powder blue and lighter than royal blue ““ which was developed […]
Online exclusive: Services help students avoid credit card debt, find “˜free money’
With the growing prominence of credit cards, the starving student has gone from having handy money to debtor’s prison. A 2001 study by Nellie Mae, a national student loan provider, found that 83 percent of college students had credit cards, and average credit debts of $2,327. The study also found that during one’s college career, […]
Bruin Peace Corps volunteers take skills across globe to help others
When Dana Roeber returned from Belize last summer and told her fiancée Bryan Murray about her desire do something for the people of third world countries, neither had ever thought about joining the Peace Corps. But by January they had applied for a two-year mission. In March they were offered an assignment in environmental education […]
Bake sale cooks up heated debate
Several Bruin Republicans parodied affirmative action by selling Oreos, Twinkies and crackers for race-based prices on Bruin Walk on Wednesday, but they never meant it to end in chaos. The “Affirmative Action Bake Sale, Reloaded,” was a follow-up to a February sale put on by the same students, this time with emphasis on offensive stereotypes […]
Debate ensues over harassment policy
In an effort to ensure that UCLA’s sexual harassment policy complies with statutes that prohibit race and sex discrimination, the administration has recently proposed a series of changes that would update the university’s policy. But some see the proposed revision as a threat to freedom of speech on campus. In addition to prohibiting unwanted physical […]