Author Archives: Jennifer Mishory

As the conflict between Israel and governmental and militant Lebanese Islamic group Hezbollah heats up, UCLA students traveling and studying in the region have experienced the violence and uncertainty of the past week firsthand. Violence between Israel and Hezbollah, a terrorist organization based out of Lebanon, soared last Wednesday when Hezbollah entered Israel and captured […]

As members of the Darfur Action Committee pick their new leaders and the University of California Divestment Taskforce looks ahead to more state and national targets of divestment, the partner groups will lose two of the students who have been essential to their success. The UCLA DAC and the UC Divestment Taskforce have been led […]

On a recent trip to India, which now has more people living with HIV than any other country in the world, Professor David Gere spent time addressing some of the issues and stigmas of the disease through art. According to the 2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, there are now 5.7 million adults and […]

A record 37,000 students who were offered admission to a University of California campus this fall chose to enroll, and 4,852 of them will be attending UCLA. Enrollment statistics released Wednesday reported that more than 40 percent of students offered admission at UCLA chose to enroll, and more than half of students offered admission to […]

A bill being reviewed in the state Assembly would expand availability of campus-based financial aid to anyone eligible for in-state tuition, including undocumented students. California Senate Bill 160, proposed by UCLA alumnus Sen. Gilbert Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, would give students who have attended a California high school for three years and are eligible for in-state […]

Hundreds of thousands of people crowded the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Monday in support of immigration reform, joining more than a million people who took a day off from work and class to demonstrate nationwide. Protesters packed the streets of downtown displaying American colors and U.S. flags, and holding signs. The demonstrations were […]

At the same time as cities across the nation were packed with demonstrators Monday, the northern corner of the UCLA campus mirrored such rallies on a much smaller scale. The gathering was led by students in the UCLA Department of Urban Planning from within the School of Public Affairs. It was mostly composed of graduate […]