Author Archives: Kimberly Young

DEADLINE The application deadline is today at 5 p.m. in the undergraduate admissions office in Murphy Hall. In an effort to reach out to students in Los Angeles, the admissions office is in the process of starting a program to send current UCLA students to local high schools to represent the university and answer questions. […]

A petition for a Student Judicial Board hearing has been filed against Undergraduate Students Association Council External Vice President Tina Park by Financial Supports Commissioner Shaun Doria and Facilities Commissioner PC Zai. The petition alleges Park violated USAC bylaws by selecting students to serve as representatives to conferences without getting council approval. Park denies the […]

A congressional proposal to cut student interest rates on Stafford Student Loans would save lower and middle-class students thousands of dollars, according to a new report released by the California Public Interest Research Group. On the agenda as part of the first 100 hours of Congress, the proposal would cut Stafford interest rates in half […]

As the “Get the Red Out” blood drive went on in the James West Alumni Center, students from the “Fight to Give Life” campaign protested outside what they call discriminatory measures by the Food and Drug Association. Students protested the current blood donation eligibility guidelines which ban men who have had sexual contact with another […]

Though the number of international students enrolled at American universities has been steadily decreasing since the 2002-2003 school year, statistics show that the drop may be leveling off. UCLA now enrolls the 11th-highest number of international students nationwide, according to the annual Open Doors report published by the Institute of International Education. With 3,979 international […]

As fourth week and midterms begin, students say they anxiously await their test results and begin to think about dropping a class. But now there are increased consequences for waiting too long to make a decision. In an attempt to restrict the number of late drops, the UCLA College1 has adopted a new drop policy […]