Author Archives: Dmitri Pikman

In recent weeks, UCLA has been getting a lot of coverage in the international press, but not the kind of publicity the school desires. The story of two UCLA medical center employees arrested in connection with the illegal sale of cadavers donated to the UCLA Willed Body Program has been covered by everyone from CNN […]

A review process similar to the one used to determine eligibility to the University of California will also be used for students who will be offered a transfer agreement come April. Eligible students might be offered a chance to participate in the new Guaranteed Transfer Option program, which will assure them a spot at a […]

Different opinions have emerged in the UCLA engineering community concerning a report released by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The report advocates significant changes to the current engineering curriculum. The report, entitled “Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge,” recommends increasing the number of hours of coursework students will have to complete before being eligible for […]

Though recent polls show an increase in voter support for an upcoming education bond which would pay for repairs and construction at education facilities in California, the initiative’s passage is not certain in the March election. Proposition 55 is a $12.3 billion bond that will come up for a vote on March 2. According to […]

Students participating in anti-war demonstrations at university campuses across the country have had a tense two weeks. The federal government first issued then retracted a subpoena to Drake University in Iowa, requesting the university produce the names of students who took part in an anti-war conference held at the school. The federal government withdrew its […]

As the American Federation of State, Country and Municipal Employees retracted its support for Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean last week, the University of California’s chapter has decided to shift its focus from making endorsements to a more general strategy of putting a Democrat into the White House. AFSCME is among the most active labor […]

Twenty-four years ago today, the citizens of Iran experienced a major political upheaval: The progressive, secular government of the Shah was replaced by the far more rigid and conservative government of Ayatollah Khomeini. The new regime meant a mass exodus for thousands of Persians fleeing the new government, ending their old lives in Iran to […]