Author Archives: Udeitha Srimushnam

After California voters passed Proposition 1D earlier this month, the University of California will receive funding to improve campus structures as well as telemedicine at five UC campuses. Of the $890 million the UC will receive, at least $73 million will come to UCLA. The monies awarded to UCLA will work toward constructing the Life […]

As of 12:30 a.m. today, some of California’s most-debated ballot measures showed a margin too close to call. The Rebuild California propositions ““ 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D and 1E ““ were all passing, with 1C and 1D by only a few percentage points. California’s controversial Proposition 85, which would require parental notification for a minor […]

Professors from UC Berkeley proposed on Friday that the holistic model for admissions adopted at UCLA and UC Berkeley be used at all 10 of the University of California campuses. Under this system, a single reader reviews all parts of the UC application and factors other than GPA and standardized test scores would be given […]

With 141 more members present now than on the day it started, the United Nations has grown in size and strength ““ but for some, it has failed to realize its potential. The United Nations was originally formed in order to prevent global conflicts such as world wars from recurring. In its 60-year history, it […]

On Nov. 7, California voters will decide on Proposition 88, an initiative that would increase education funding by creating a property parcel tax. Should the proposition pass, it will create a new parcel tax for Californians to pay in addition to their existing property taxes. The parcel tax will apply to land owned by individuals […]

As part of a UC system-wide event called “Terminate the Terminator,” California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides came to speak at UCLA on Tuesday. Ushered in by the sounds of cheering students and the music of the Black Eyed Peas, a relaxed and smiling Angelides made his way through the Kerckhoff Grand Salon toward a […]

With the sun setting on their backs, more than 100 Muslim students gathered at the loading dock behind Kerckhoff on Monday to break their fast, but before they could take their first sip of water since sunrise, they prayed. As a fellow student led them in prayer, Shehab Ahmed, a third-year biology student, knelt with […]