[A closer look] Financial aid simply not enough

As full-time cook at a Chinese restaurant, Marlyn Hwang’s father barely makes $60 a day. So when Hwang’s family decided to send her to college, it caused concern. Like many other University of California students, Hwang, a third-year sociology and economics student, decided to go to a public university partly to get a good education […]

Survivors of trauma at risk for many mental health problems

As the list of victims of the South Asian earthquake and tsunami grows to an estimated 150,000 individuals, it is crucial for rescue workers who continue to search, survivors that begin to rebuild their homes, and those following news coverage of the event to take the time to recognize and cope with the shock and […]