Author Archives: Jennifer Gottesfeld

Kasey Topp only received a spoonful of rice for her dinner Wednesday night, a change from her usual nightly meals. The Social Justice Alliance used Topp, a third-year microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics student, and about 60 others who attended its hunger banquet as examples of the millions of starving people in the world. “The […]

With a new Democratic majority now in control, the House of Representatives began the 110th Congress by passing all of the agenda items which had been planned for the first 100 hours, including an overwhelming vote to lower interest rates on student loans. An increase in the minimum wage over the next two years, the […]

Researchers at Harvard University and Wake Forest University announced Sunday they have found a new method of harvesting stem cells that does not require destroying human embryos and could avoid governmental embryonic stem cell research bans. The stem cells are found in the amniotic fluid, which surrounds a fetus while in the womb. Scientists successfully […]

In the first months of the 110th Congress, the new Democratic majority has education high on its agenda. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, along with other members of Congress, released a schedule for the first 100 hours of Congress, which includes a goal of cutting student loan interest rates in half, according […]

Eighteen students sit in a classroom and chat as they await the arrival of their teacher Wednesday afternoon. But rather than speaking to each other in English, they are talking in Russian. This is the scene of the heritage language classes on campus ““ classes which cater to students who are familiar with a certain […]

SLIDESHOW CLICK HERE for an audio slideshow from the "Day of Reckoning" student march. The beat of drums guided the chants of several hundred protesters as they marched down Bruin Walk and rallied in front of Covel Commons on Wednesday during the UC Board of Regents meeting, with the goal of having the regents publicly […]

With a Democratic majority in Congress, students are likely to see the introduction of new programs and agendas for higher education. The Democratic Party has published the “Six-Point Plan for 2006,” which highlights education as one of its main concentrations. The agenda includes making college tuition tax deductible, expanding Pell Grants, and cutting student loan […]