Author Archives: Amy Frye

“Our university works because immigrants do.” Posters containing phrases like this one confronted an audience as they gathered on the lawn at Meyerhoff Park to rally for the legalization of immigrant workers in the aftermath of tightened immigration restrictions since Sept. 11. Fourteen different student groups on campus united to put on the press conference […]

As new and returning students settle into their dorm rooms this week they will be able to escape from the small cubicles they call home by relaxing, studying and socializing in their floor study lounges. This has not always been the case. For the past five years, students have had to live in study lounges […]

Professors, deans, chancellors and administrators make daily decisions that affect student life at UCLA, but in general the affected individuals have little say about who is chosen to make these decisions for them. Current searches for the new vice chancellor of student affairs and director of the Office of Residential Life ““ positions that will […]

A smiling group of UCLA nurses caring for twins Maria Teresa and Maria de Jesus Quiej-Alvarez ““ who were conjoined at the head before undergoing an operation at the UCLA Medical Center ““ took center stage at a press conference Wednesday as the medical community and country took time to acknowledge the work they accomplish […]

The overnight explosion of American flags and never-ending lines at airport security checkpoints are not the only changes the nation has seen since that tragic day in September. U.S. national policy has been altered and expanded to address many issues not covered prior to Sept. 11, 2001. Recent national policy changes have left some urging […]

After a long week of classes and parties, students’ real faith is put to the test Sunday morning: will they get up and go to church, or hit the snooze and roll back in bed? There are over fifty religious student groups to chose from at UCLA, but this is hardly a guarantee of a […]