Author Archives: Peach Indravudh

The University of California received Tuesday what one state lawmaker called “another strike.” “If this was baseball, (UC President Robert Dynes) would be out,” said Sen. Jeff Denham, R-Merced, referring to an audit released by the state auditor, the third in a series of reports which found severe failings in the UC’s compensation practices over […]

With her sleeping bag in hand and her belongings strapped on her back, Elizabeth Rulon began her six-mile walk on the jammed and congested streets of Santa Monica Boulevard on Saturday evening alongside over 200 other UCLA students. Though she felt hungry and cold, Rulon, a third-year communication studies student, said she believed her soreness […]

Aiming to improve compensation transparency, the UC Board of Regents will meet for the second time this month to discuss an external audit, which is to be released before they meet today. Teleconferences of the meeting will be held across the state, as well as in North Carolina, Spain and Germany. At UCLA, the teleconference […]

Three days after the UC Board of Regents was presented with a sharply critical report condemning University of California officials for their past compensation practices, UC President Robert Dynes announced a series of actions he plans to implement to better the situation. The task force report called on the UC to overhaul its policies to […]

Armed with a megaphone in his hand, political science graduate student Alfonso Gonzales’ voice and chants could be heard down Bruin Walk on Monday as he attempted to engage students in the debate on immigration that has stirred Congress and the nation in recent weeks. There are two bills currently being debated in Congress: one […]

On the heels of a $12 billion cut to funding for federal student loan programs, Congress is again looking to education as one area to make up the federal deficit and channel money into other programs. The U.S. House of Representatives is currently discussing President Bush’s budget proposal, which would seek to heal the ailing […]

Panelist Kevin James was struck by the bag checks, metal detectors and visible police presence at a Friday night event about the Danish cartoons that depict the Prophet Muhammad. But despite all the precautions, the event went off without heated protests or violent reactions sometimes seen in response to the cartoons, which have sparked heated […]