Author Archives: Nancy Su

The number of international students enrolled in U.S. higher education institutions has decreased for the first time in over 30 years, according to a report released last Wednesday. Open Doors 2004, an annual report published by the Institute of International Education, showed a decrease of 2.4 percent in international student enrollment during the 2003-2004 school […]

Predictions of an election that would yield more legal battles than results were proven false when Sen. John Kerry decided not to challenge the Ohio ballot results Wednesday, leaving large legal teams from both parties with little to litigate. While the concession by Kerry made continued legal battles after the election unlikely, coalitions of lawyers […]

For Zainab Jamal, performing Hajj as a young teen not only increased her connection with God, it exposed her to different cultures of the world. While fasting and praying during the month of Ramadan, which began last week, several Muslims recall performing the sacred ritual of Hajj, which occurred in January this year. The Hajj, […]

As a gay student and someone who opposes two-party politics, Georgina Wakefield is faced with a particularly hard decision in the upcoming presidential election. While many students in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community support Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry in the upcoming election because he is the more liberal of the two major […]

After squaring off in a town-hall-style debate last Friday, incumbent President Bush and his Democratic opponent, Sen. John Kerry, have returned to the campaign trail, both aggressively criticizing the other’s performance. After a debate in St. Louis in which there was no clear winner yet both parties claimed victory, the two candidates returned to campaigning […]

Tiffany Nyugen’s academic plans for the next two years changed unexpectedly this summer when a finalized state budget provided funding for her to enroll at the University of California, San Diego almost two years earlier than she had originally anticipated. Along with over 7,000 other students systemwide, Nyugen was told that an additional $12 million […]

Correction appended Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill last week that would have capped tuition increases for public universities. Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill in compliance with the terms of his higher education funding agreement with California universities which calls for fee increases averaging about 10 percent a year. Under the provisions of the bill, undergraduate […]