Author Archives: Robert Salonga

Using the backdrop of the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation that will provide paid leave for workers who take time off to care for their children and family members. “I don’t want Californians to choose between being good parents and good employees,” Davis said. Effective July 1, 2004, workers can take […]

The future leader of California ““ the person who signs off every year on state funds going to higher education ““ will be decided this November, but this hardly causes a ripple in the voting-challenged student population at UCLA. Voting by those between the ages of 18 and 24 has always lagged behind the rest of […]

At a university well-known for having a vocal student body, students are working to ensure that UCLA doesn’t fade from one of the richest histories of student activism in the nation. From protesting the firing of University of California President Clark Kerr and the dismissal of Communist professor Angela Davis in the 1960s to pushing […]

Today marks one year spent recovering from one of the most destructive attacks on the United States, but for the Muslim community it marks another year of dispelling stereotypes and blanket accusations of terrorism thrust on its culture. Muslims in Los Angeles and the rest of the nation historically have faced an uphill battle in […]

While Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon egged on President Bush to stick with him during his campaign, demonstrators collected outside the Regency Club on Saturday Aug. 24 to protest them both. Arriving at Santa Monica Airport, Bush traveled to Westwood on the tail end of a 24-hour-long statewide trek to raise funds for the beleaguered […]

Student government involvement in broader university issues has kicked into high gear now that the largest state and national student coalitions have begun work for the coming year. The University of California Student Association recently held its annual congress at UC Irvine and approved the three issues to lend its primary focus: tuition control, student […]

As more than 30 student groups fight for the most funding possible, some groups have nothing to worry about: their funding is set at $0. Student groups actively involved in political issues help characterize the student voice of UCLA, but the university is uniquely selective in deciding which of these groups receive campus funds. Many […]