Author Archives: Nancy Su

Getting the most back from their security deposit can be a concern to many students moving out of apartments as the school year comes to a close. Liz Kemper, director of Student Legal Services, said the center deals with dozens of security deposit cases every year. But there are steps that can be taken to […]

Employees of the University of California have contributed more to John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign than employees in any other organization, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan, non-profit research group. According to the center, contributions made by UC employees in 2003 and 2004 totaled $180,825, making the UC No. […]

Many nonprofit human service organizations in Los Angeles are facing difficult times due to impending budget cuts in California, according to a report released last week by the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. The report, “Facing Uncertainty: The State of the Nonprofit Sector in Los Angeles,” was conducted by the Center for […]

As pro-Israel groups celebrate Israel Independence Week, pro-Palestinian groups are commemorating the 750,000 displaced Palestinians who fled or were exiled from their homes in 1948 when Israel declared its independence. Demonstrations by pro-Palestinian groups among Israeli celebrations have become the standard on Israel Independence Day, a day Palestinians refer to as “Nakba,” which means “disaster.” […]

UCLA student Marina Nazarbekian met with U.S. congressmen earlier this week to lobby for U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide and for favorable U.S. policies toward Armenia. The exile and executions of Armenians by the Turkish government in 1915 is commemorated nationally on April 24, but the U.S. government does not officially recognize the events as […]

In an attempt to promote understanding of day-to-day life in Israel, three Israeli youths are speaking on campus today about their experiences living in the country and serving in the Israeli army. The three Israelis, who are around college age, are all former soldiers and will try to give UCLA students a non-political view of […]

Hundreds of protesters are expected to gather today at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to protest the lab’s nuclear weapons research. The University of California runs the Livermore lab, which has been the site of protests for over 20 years. The Livermore lab in Northern California, together with the UC-managed Los Alamos lab in New […]