Author Archives: Jennifer Mishory

The impact of the earthquake in South Asia on Oct. 8 has been felt well outside the borders of Pakistan and India, affecting the lives of UCLA students and motivating numerous student groups to work together to raise money for victims. Kiran Lodhie, president of the Pakistani Students Association, found out that one of her […]

UCLA law Professor Daniel Lowenstein is heading a committee opposing Proposition 77, which would take redistricting out of the hands of California legislators and give the responsibility to a panel of independent judges. The committee more than tripled its funds when it received a donation of $4 million from Hollywood producer Stephen L. Bing. Lowenstein […]

The UC Sudan Divestment Taskforce will publicize its official proposal on Monday for divestment of University of California funds from companies with holdings in Sudan. The campaign was started at UCLA through the Darfur Action Committee, a group put together last year which was recipient of extensive funding from USAC this year. It has grown […]

Following the realization that universities in the areas directly affected by Hurricane Katrina would not be able to offer their normal fall semester, UCLA opened its undergraduate, law and graduate schools to students displaced from their home universities in the Gulf Coast region. More than 70 students have taken advantage of UCLA’s decision, the majority […]

At 27 years old, Ernesto Jimenez’s path to the UCLA graduation ceremonies has not been easy. As a first-generation Mexican American and the son of naturalized citizens who came to the United States without documentation, his family background and education distinguish him from most UCLA students. Both his parents were born in Jalisco, Mexico, and […]

The revelation of one of the most famous anonymous sources on Tuesday has raised renewed questions as to the role of confidentiality in journalism as well as how history will remember W. Mark Felt. Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward and Felt himself have confirmed Felt’s role as “Deep Throat,” the anonymous source who Post reporters […]

As the “UCLA in LA” program prepares to announce grant recipients for its third year of faculty-community partnership, its program leaders have begun to consider strategic changes in structure. The Center for Communications and Community, which runs the program that funds UCLA faculty projects within the L.A. community, currently awards grants for one-year projects. But […]