Elena Shih relies on graduate student research opportunities to pay for her student fees and study a topic she’s interested in: labor studies.
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For transfers, there’s no such thing as a smooth transition
With hopes of gaining admission to UCLA as a transfer student, Brian Bauman was taking 20 units per term at Southwestern Community College, working two jobs, and participating in the drum line before he received his acceptance letter last spring.
On-campus groups, the Student Coalition for Marriage Equality and Won Together, campaign for Proposition 8 repeal
In response to the passage of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in the last election cycle, a state-wide gay rights advocacy group has announced its intention to repeal the measure in 2010.
Project unites medicine, social work
During a June trip with Project Nicaragua, Iman Zahedi, the group’s co-director, interviewed a mother who had just been told that her first-born child would die the next day from spina bifida.
UC releases report
The University of California Office of the President has released its first ever UC Accountability Report, which assesses factors such as undergraduate affordability, campus rankings and sustainability.
Legislators, student coalition campaign against proposed elimination of Cal Grants
In an effort to combat Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal to eliminate Cal Grants, California state lawmakers introduced a proposal last week that would retain funding for the program while increasing taxes.
Without funds, UCLA Labor Center might close
The fate of the UCLA Labor Program seems uncertain following recent budget cuts and economic hard times.