Author Archives: Diana Hernandez

A blood shortage facing the UCLA medical community has resulted in emergency blood drives and the need for more student donors to boost a dwindling blood supply. The American Red Cross, for the first time ever, is unable to provide the UCLA Medical Center with any type O blood, which can be used for anyone […]

While some major ethnic study programs continue to work on departmentalization, other programs on campus are working to expand on a smaller scale, and educate the campus about cultural issues on a more global level. Two of the four major ethnic studies ““ Interdisciplinary Program for Asian American Studies and the César E. Chávez Center […]

As they near their 35th years of existence, two of the four major ethnic studies centers are continually working to obtain departmental status ““ a process some feel is overdue. The two ethnic study programs currently moving to achieve departmentalization are the Interdisciplinary Program for Asian American Studies and the César E. Chávez Center for […]

Due to recent University of California budget cuts, the single largest undergraduate retention program in the country has had to make significant reductions in the services it provides. Located on the first floor of Campbell Hall, UCLA’s Academic Advancement Program serves about 6,000 undergraduate students, many of whom are from working-class, low-income or immigrant family […]

Picketers from the Ralphs in Westwood lay down their signs for a few hours and came to the UCLA campus Tuesday night to address students and seek support for their three-week-long strike. UCLA students Ben Angulo, a fourth-year anthropology and history student, and Michael Garner, a second-year political science and international economics student, organized a […]

Annie Hsu returned to her home in Diamond Bar this weekend only to discover her car covered with thick ash and the afternoon sky consumed by darkness. Hsu, a fourth-year business student, is just one of many UCLA students affected by the fires spreading across Southern California. The fires began this weekend and have spread […]