Author Archives: Sara Taylor

The picture the UC Board of Regents painted of the state and federal budgets at their meeting at UCLA on Thursday was a gloomy one, to say the least. More specifically, the regents discussed the sorry condition of the state and federal budgets and how that will affect the university in coming years. “I don’t […]

In a meeting that seems to be light on action and heavy on discussion, the UC Board of Regents will focus on student fees, the state budget and the Department of Energy Labs during their bimonthly meeting at UCLA today and Thursday. These topics are all part of an ongoing discussion that the regents have […]

The UC Board of Regents seemed to be warming up to the idea of managing the Los Alamos National Laboratory at their meeting at UCLA on Wednesday. The regents voted in January to bid for the management contract of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, but the decision about Los Alamos has been much more controversial […]

UCLA service workers were joined by students and other university employees in a rally outside the UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday. Banging pots and pans, blowing whistles and holding signs, workers announced that they had voted overwhelmingly to strike if they do not receive what they see as a fair contract. Workers have been […]

Each morning, hours before most students are awake, Councilman Jack Weiss runs laps at Drake Stadium on the UCLA campus. He then goes across town to City Hall, where he has worked as councilman for the 5th City District the past four years ““ a job he hopes to continue for another term. Elections for […]

Westwood Village will spend the next few years under construction as developers plan to build new apartments, retail stores and movie theaters in the area. On one side of town, construction will soon be underway on Palazzo Westwood, a new apartment complex. A few blocks away, in the lot behind Jerry’s Famous Deli, plans are […]

Thirty-five years ago, at age 12, Reymund Nur converted to Islam while still living in his parents’ Methodist household. Five years ago, Boni Bee was a young Hindu woman seeking clarity and purpose in her life. Last spring, Leilani Downing was reading the Christian Bible and looking for meaning in Christianity, her birth religion. Today, […]