Author Archives: Sara Taylor

A recent report by the College Board points to a nationwide trend that University of California students have expressed concern about for some time ““ fees for higher education are outpacing inflation and financial aid is not meeting the challenge. Though tuition and fee increases nationwide are lower than they have been in recent years, […]

A 1989 survey presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday may answer one major question that surfaced earlier this month when Harriet Miers was nominated to the Supreme Court ­”“ how the former White House counsel will come down on the issue of abortion. On the single-sheet questionnaire sent out by Texans United for Life, […]

Though couples may steal private kisses on campus quads between classes, rarely do students openly show their affection as friends and strangers clap and cheer. But at a “kiss-in” at Meyerhoff Park on Thursday afternoon, students did just that. As part of National Coming Out Week, students publicly kissed to the sounds of Marvin Gaye […]

When two white women were denied admission to the University of Michigan in the mid-1990s, the questions surrounding the use of affirmative action in college admissions was brought to the Supreme Court and came into the national spotlight. The two plaintiffs claimed they had been denied entrance to the university in favor of minority applicants […]

James Holst, who has served as the University of California’s top lawyer for 20 years and said the university has been his “whole life,” announced last week that he will step down from his position. Come June, Holst will leave his role as the university’s general counsel and vice president for legal affairs. Gerald Parsky, […]

As a small school located in the Central Valley, the new UC Merced campus, which began classes for the first time this fall, showcases a student body unique to the University of California. Of the 875 freshman, transfer and graduate students who have enrolled to be part of UC Merced’s inaugural class, almost half are […]

For fourth-year American literature and culture student Rebecca Buel, brush fires have become a yearly threat to her home. Just days ago, Buel and her family watched from their Simi Valley house as fires raged in the nearby hills. They even prepared to evacuate in case the fire came closer. “We could see the flames, […]