Three schools in the California State University (CSU) system are the first to have enrollment adversely affected by state budget cuts, and some officials say this is just the beginning of a much larger trend. Most CSU schools accept students who turn in applications after the posted deadline, with the exception of five “impacted” campuses […]
Author Archives: Dmitri Pikman
State senator to promote health care bill on campus
Close to 19 percent of California residents live without health insurance, and State Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Los Angeles, will lead a discussion today at UCLA on the availability of health insurance for all Californians. Kuehl is currently trying to promote a bill that would offer health care for all California residents, and her speech will […]
Connerly plans to rewrite Prop. 54
Even though Proposition 54 was defeated in Tuesday’s recall election by a wide margin, University of California Regent Ward Connerly, the man who introduced the initiative, said he will try to revive the issue by introducing a rewritten version of the proposition in the future. Proposition 54, also known as the Racial Privacy Initiative, would […]
International students’ opinions on recall vary
Even though they are not residents of California, international students at UCLA are as divided in their opinions about today’s election to recall Gov. Gray Davis as those students who will be voting. Though international students usually cannot vote in countries other than their own, they still hold their own varied opinions about the validity […]
Students struggle with limited Arabic enrollment
It is standing room only in the two Arabic 1A classes at UCLA, and with no additional sections planned for the near future and enrollments projected to increase, many students might be left without even a standing spot. The two “Introduction to Arabic” classes at UCLA have an enrollment cap of 25 students. Even with […]
New poll shows surprisingly high approval rating for Prop. 54
The results of a public opinion poll released this past week indicate a large amount of support for Proposition 54 among ethnic minorities. These findings are dramatically different from past polls. The most recent poll, sponsored by the Institute for Justice and Journalism at the University of Southern California, the Pew Hispanic Center ““ a […]
Court orders Bustamante to return $3.8 million in illegal contributions
A television ad titled “No on Prop. 54,” which started airing Sept. 16 and will conclude its run today, was funded by $3.8 million from California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, contributions that have since been deemed illegal. The ad features images from Bustamante’s first campaign rally in Fresno mixed with clips of the lieutenant governor […]