Author Archives: Lauren Raab

University of California workers gathered Thursday to protest the possibility of having money deducted from their salaries and put into the UC retirement fund, saying the university has not adequately studied the fund’s financial health so salary deductions may be unnecessary. “The amount of effort (the UC) put into their projections was really minimal,” said […]

When Norman Abrams becomes interim chancellor of UCLA on Saturday, he will be the first temporary chief executive the campus has seen in decades. Abrams’ term as chancellor is scheduled to last only until his successor is chosen and becomes available, which starkly contrasts with the most recent two chancellorships: outgoing Chancellor Albert Carnesale’s term […]

UCLA library users can now hold in their hands a 450-year-old, gold-brushed text with the entire Lord’s Prayer calligraphed in a space the size of a nickel. This piece is one of 191 medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, manuscript leaves and documents donated to the Charles E. Young Research Library by Richard Rouse, professor emeritus of […]

UCLA sent the third-highest number of students to study abroad of any four-year university during the 2003-2004 academic year, according to the recent Open Doors report, an annual survey by the Institute of International Education. The number of UCLA students studying abroad has been sharply increasing over the past decade, illustrating a nationwide trend ““ […]

When Kula Koenig was 6 years old, civil war broke out in her home country of Liberia. She and several of her family members escaped northward to Guinea, where she spent almost two years of her childhood battling malnutrition and malaria before being granted admission to the U.S. Koenig was one of the lucky ones. […]

More than 800 students have volunteered to wake up early this Saturday and put in a day of work at community service sites around Los Angeles. UCLA’s third annual Community Service Day, organized by the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Community Service Commission, will send participants to help out at a variety of locations throughout the […]

In the next two weeks, some undergraduate students will be applying to teach their own UCLA courses. Undergraduate Student Initiated Education, a new program being offered by the UCLA College, lets upperclassmen propose, develop, and facilitate one-unit seminars. Much like Fiat Lux classes, the discussion-based, student-run courses would focus on very specific topics and be […]