Author Archives: Heather Rabkin

A $1.3 million settlement was reached July 16 in a case between UCLA and former student David Dixon. Dixon was terminated from his internship at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine’s family medicine residency program in 1994. Two months away from obtaining his medical license, Dixon was dismissed due to poor performance, according to […]

The Santa Monica Farmers’ Market has been an ongoing tradition with its fresh goods and bustling crowds, but for over a year, new emotions have taken hold of market regulars. Last week marked the one-year anniversary of an unexpected accident on July 16, 2003 when George Russell Weller drove through the Santa Monica market, killing […]

Members of the undergraduate student government, along with their family and friends, gathered together Saturday afternoon for the formal installation ceremony of the 2004-2005 newly elected officials. Current Undergraduate Student Association Council members passed on the reins to their successors through speeches, gifts and words of wisdom. Some students reminisced about their involvement with USAC […]

Over 65,000 students graduate from U.S. high schools every year, and the challenge facing most graduates is usually being accepted into college. But for fourth-year linguistics student, Karla Merino ““ at the time, an undocumented student ““ the challenge was finding a way to finance her college education. As an undocumented student for nearly her […]

Karla Merino, a fourth-year linguistics student, appears to be a typical UCLA student. But unlike most students on campus, she only became a legal U.S. resident in February. Merino applied to multiple colleges and received admission, but had to turn down the offers and attend a community college because, as an undocumented student, she was […]

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is looking to take the next step in ensuring its demands are met regarding higher pay and respect from administrative officials, after what it believes was the success of a systemwide rally held last Thursday. Contract negotiations between AFSCME, which represents 17,000 University of California workers, […]

A mass of green shirts flooded into De Neve Plaza Thursday afternoon as over 200 workers and students assembled together to demand higher wages and respect from administrative officials in the face of California’s current budget cuts, with the workers’ contracts currently up for renewal. Rallies took place at all nine University of California campuses […]