Author Archives: Saleet Wolf

Following the unexpected death of UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Denice Denton on June 24, UCSC and University of California officials said they are determined to move forward and find a new leader to carry on Denton’s vision of a diverse campus. Denton, 46, died in an apparent suicide jump off of a building in San […]

The Deficit Reduction Act, going into effect July 1, will cut direct spending to federally subsidized programs, including a $12.7 billion cut to student aid, and raise interest on student loans used to finance college tuition. The act, signed by President Bush earlier this year, aims to reduce the nation’s deficit. The act will also […]

Millions across the country are expected to protest in support of immigrant rights today. UCLA students and staff plan to express this sentiment with speeches, performances and city-wide marches along with a projected 500,000 others. Today, people around the world will commemorate the achievements of labor movements in honor of International Workers’ Day. Unions and […]

While UCLA officials have pointed out the school’s popularity in 2006 after it received the most applicants in the country, the statistics for admitted underrepresented minority students have given university officials some concern. While the percentage of underrepresented minorities from California admitted has risen system-wide ““ from 20.6 percent in 2005 to 21.7 percent in […]

In an effort to work around lawsuits that are tying up $3 billion in state funding for stem cell research, six private organizations have agreed to loan a California stem cell agency $14 million until the institute can receive state funding. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine was founded in 2005 with the passage of […]

Hanging from a panel in the middle of the room was a drawing depicting the profile of a man in red and blue with his mouth open as though screaming. There to see the portrait were educators, students, therapists and cancer patients from the L.A. area. The man in the drawing has wide eyes and […]

Responding to what they claim is a serious threat to the United States, a group of UCLA students has begun circulating a petition “imploring” the government to take action against Iran’s nuclear development. At the start of winter quarter, a group of students conceived of a petition that would urge Congress “to take immediate and […]