Author Archives: Sara Taylor

In Israel, high school is not followed by college but by service in the army ““ with few exceptions, every young man and women is required to enlist after graduation. Three of these soldiers spoke Wednesday about their experiences in the Israeli army at UCLA as part of a weeklong celebration of Israeli Independence. “The […]

Recent riots have prompted a state senator to introduce a bill that would expel students who commit destructive acts. Though often harmless fun, college parties can sometimes lead to destruction of property and endangerment of life, which led Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-San Luis Obispo, to introduce a statewide bill aimed at reducing the risk that […]

Officials and press releases from across the University of California have been proclaiming success in increasing minority admissions to the university for the fall class of 2005. Since last year, the amount of underrepresented minority students admitted to the UC has increased, and these students make up a slightly higher percentage. But the change is […]

Proposition 209 prohibits the use of race as a factor for California public schools and has been a point of much contention since its introduction in the 1990s. But now a bill is on the floor that, if passed, would bring race, ethnicity, gender and other such information back into the picture. The bill, AB […]

It has been said that there are always two sides to every story, but there are few arenas where this is as evident as in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Nearly every aspect of this conflict is seen in two ““ if not three or four ““ ways. The coverage of the conflict in the American media […]

With identity theft a growing concern for many in the United States, California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced a bill that is aimed at making people equipped to protect their personal information. The bill was introduced Monday and will now move into the lengthy process of approval. If passed, it will require that anyone whose […]

With two-and-a-half years of observation behind them, researchers at UCLA are deep into a study on the everyday lives of middle-class families in the United States. Professors from various fields at UCLA came together through the Center on Everyday Lives of Families to examine the habits of middle-class working families through videos, photographs, interviews and […]