The UCLA Arthur Ashe Health and Wellness Center offers testing for sexually transmitted infections to all students, a confidential and inexpensive service which may be unknown to many. Some UCLA students say they have hardly seen or heard information about STDs on campus or the testing available to them through the Ashe Center. “Orientation was […]
Author Archives: Eileen Chen
Child’s gift inspires hundreds
Shot and killed at the age of seven while on a family vacation in Italy in 1994, Nicholas Green is remembered by local Italians as the boy whose death brought them life. After his death, Green’s parents donated his organs to Italian locals waiting for transplants. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Green’s death and […]
UCLA predicts rise in economy
According to the UCLA Anderson Forecast, the California state economy will be making positive gains as predicted by economic analysts and expected by California residents alike. Still, the forecast predicts that those gains would be small due to negative forces hindering the economy. While most Wall Street analysts predict a return to normality after the […]
Looking for a job? Try relatives, Career Center
With less than a month until summer break, finding a part-time or full-time job might seem more impossible than finding a significant other. But all is not lost; it is possible to get a summer job even now ““ providing unemployed students know how to go about it. Even if it is just a seasonal […]
Being consumer savvy can save gas, money
In the upcoming summer season the temperature won’t be the only thing rising. Fuel prices are already rising because of predicted high demand for gasoline and increases in crude oil prices during the summer. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the average price of regular unleaded gasoline nationwide is now $2.017 per gallon and […]
A closer look: Student association lobbies against proposed cuts
Since January, the University of California Student Association has been working with students to lobby for changes in several of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget proposal measures on higher education . But when the budget compact was released Tuesday morning, the UCSA realized its voice was not yet heard and its words not yet heeded. The […]
Planning ahead makes cents: Make a budget and stick by it
Living in the heart of Los Angeles can literally cost a leg and foot. A tank of gas costs more than $20, a pretzel $3, and the expenses go on. But they shouldn’t. College students should start creating weekly or monthly budgets before signing themselves into credit debt or bouncing checks. Making a budget can […]