Pro-Israel students gathered Tuesday night to examine how they think divestment affects pro-Israel and Jewish students and discuss ways to promote and strengthen their communities.
Author Archives: Norma Reyes
Budget cuts push UCLA newsmagazines to move online
Many UCLA newsmagazines have stopped printing and are moving entirely online in response to limited funding and print readership.
The student-run news outlets include La Gente, Al-Talib, OutWrite, Ha’Am, and FEM, which aim to serve the Latino, Muslim, queer, Jewish and women’s rights activist communities at UCLA, respectively.
Report shows UCLA law school alumni among highest paid in nation
UCLA School of Law alumni salaries ranked fourth among the nation’s law schools in a postgraduate earnings report published last week by the employment site PayScale. The report cited a median mid-career salary of $182,900 per year after 10 or more years of experience for UCLA law school alumni, falling behind alumni from Harvard Law […]
Bruin Diversity Referendum fails due to insufficient voter turnout
A referendum to increase quarterly student fees by about $10 to fund diversity-related programs did not pass Friday because voter turnout fell short of the 20 percent threshold in the undergraduate student government special election. Just 13.6 percent of eligible undergraduate students voted in the Undergraduate Students Association Council special election this week. Though the […]
Special election campaign funding significantly lower than previous races
Candidates and referendum representatives spent about $9,700 campaigning in this week’s undergraduate student government election, less than half of what has typically been committed to recent races in the spring.
World traveler graduates, fulfills longtime goal years later
Forty-two years after she first enrolled in college, Sophie Leclerc will walk the stage at UCLA’s graduation and receive her bachelor’s degree.
USAC Presidential Candidate: Miriam Rodriguez
Miriam Rodriguez travels across the border to Mexico every three months to help reconstruct children’s smiles in low-income communities. Representing underserved communities is her passion and why she wants to be involved in student government. Rodriguez’s commitment to the community is the main reason she is running with the newly created slate FIRED UP! for […]