Jennifer Mishory Applying to law school, and I’d imagine any graduate school, is a grueling process. I’m sure my experience is no different from others, and I have spent months cramming to take a monster of a standardized test, finding recommendation letters, and researching schools. Then came the hours spent trying to explain who I […]
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Azerbaijan deserves U.S. public attention
When I decided that the first Azerbaijani-American Youth Conference would be an interesting column topic, it was with the assumption that most readers, like me, would struggle to spell its name and locate it on a map. Azerbaijan, a secular Muslim country located between Iran and Russia, is a former Soviet satellite with a history […]
New generation, new protests
Driving through a normally quiet suburban neighborhood of West Los Angeles, I’ve come across some of the most ardent protestors of the Iraq war in this city. The group of approximately 15 local residents who show up outside of Mar Vista Park every Friday night is not any larger or louder than the demonstrations that […]
UCLA holds U.S. policy talk
Gen. Wesley Clark made his first appearance as a member of the UCLA International Institute on Monday to discuss changes in U.S. policy regarding the Geneva Conventions. Clark, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004, led faculty in a discussion on current legislation that would change the way in which the U.S. follows […]
Attacks on UCLA professors take a violent turn
UCLA law Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl was standing near his open door last April when he heard a thud. It took him a few minutes to realize that a bullet was lodged into a book on his bookshelf. “The scariest thing about it is how quiet it was,” he said. “With the silencer, all […]
Night workers’ shifts brighten up campus
As dusk begins to fall, most students start to head back to their dorms and apartments. Professors start heading home; clubs finish up their meetings and classes come to their conclusion. But at 5:30, shortly after the dorms start their dinner, Andrew Martinez shows up on campus for work. Martinez is a second-year psychology student, […]
Escaping from violence abroad
Samer Araabi flew home to the United States on Saturday after a summer studying abroad in Lebanon was cut short. On Tuesday, the fourth-year business economics and political science student found himself on a bus to Syria searching for a way back to America. In an interview last Saturday, Araabi said he was unsure when […]