Author Archives: Sarah Winter

UCLA ranked second for research and development spending in the sciences and engineering among universities, according to a recent report released by the National Science Foundation. In the 2004 fiscal year, UCLA spent $773 million on research, according to the report. The money was provided in part by federal grants and private industry and foundations, […]

Amid the smell of Israeli food, the aroma of apple-flavored hookah smoke and the sound of a live band from Tel Aviv, students holding Israeli and American flags sang and danced in Bruin Plaza Wednesday to celebrate Israel’s 58th birthday. Along with over 200 celebrants, at least 35 students lined the perimeter of Bruin Plaza […]

Celebratory dinners, festivals and parties have been planned on campus this week to commemorate Israeli independence, and organizers say the events are an effort to celebrate the nation’s culture and history rather than discuss politics. This May marks the 58th year of Israel’s existence as a state, and celebrants in the past have compared the […]

The two Democratic gubernatorial candidates Steve Westly and Phil Angelides have proposed broad educational reforms that they say will increase the access and affordability of public colleges in California. But due to the high cost of the proposals, education experts are skeptical of the feasibility of the reforms and do not think they are necessarily […]

Beginning next year, high school students will have the opportunity to do something they never have been able to do before ““ take an Advanced Placement course in Chinese. The introduction comes as a response to China’s increasingly important role in the global economy, a growing interest in the study of Chinese in the United […]

Amid the buzz surrounding the supposed economic advantage of having more Americans able to speak Chinese, a number of students at UCLA are studying the language for a different reason. These students said they are studying Chinese language and culture in order to gain a better understanding of their roots ““ not simply to gain […]

The push to divest from Sudan reached a new level Thursday when the board of one of California’s largest pension funds overwhelmingly approved the development of a plan to divest funds from companies associated with the government of Sudan. In a motion proposed by Treasurer Phil Angelides, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System voted 9-0, […]