There are bright posters on the wall and children bouncing out of their seats, and at first glance it looks like any other classroom. But in this L.A. classroom, the students are required to speak only in Spanish. Ten students, as well as their teacher, Brenda Walsh, a fourth-year Spanish and comparative literature student, are […]
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Bush proposes increase to Pell Grants
In his $2.9 trillion proposed budget for the 2008 fiscal year which is aimed at slowly eliminating the nation’s deficit, President Bush included the largest increase to the Pell Grants in 30 years. But in a budget which also included $145 billion for the war in Iraq in 2008 and cuts to spending on Medicare […]
Programs can help carry baby weight
On a campus focused on academic and extracurricular achievement, finding out about a pregnancy can be a difficult experience for a student. But UCLA has several organizations and services aimed at aiding students by providing them with support and information. “Having children is not an easy thing to do, and deciding to terminate a pregnancy […]
Science&Health: Small, healthy choices make a huge difference
Robert Pigozzi, executive chef of UCLA Dining, said he has seen students piling their plates with fried eggs, hash browns, tatter tots, bacon, sausage, waffles and a soft drink. And Elisa Terry, assistant director of fitness, instruction and training at the Wooden Center, said she gets frustrated when she sees how many students walk around […]
Speaker recounts time in Mideast
Hedy Epstein, a German Holocaust survivor, encouraged questions at her lecture Tuesday night but had one small request of her audience ““ if they were going to ask questions, they would have to speak up. After a sound bomb exploded close to her right leg during a nonviolent demonstration in the Palestinian territories recently, she […]
Holocaust survivor takes a stand
In 1939, she told herself she would wait until the war was over. In 1945, she told herself she was sure her family would be reunited. But in 1989, as Hedy Epstein stood where the cattle cars that carried her family across Europe would have arrived at the gates of Auschwitz, it finally hit her […]
Proposed budget brings back fee increases
After a brief respite from fee increases in the 2006-2007 academic year, the 2007-2008 budget proposal released by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday includes plans to raise higher education fees by 7 percent and eliminate funding for academic preparation and outreach programs. The increase will push fees up by $495 per undergraduate student and $543 […]