Author Archives: Wafiqah Basrai

The first-grader Jeff Kim tutors came to a Project Literacy tutoring session a few months ago not knowing how to read a word. But with Kim’s help, the boy has been slowly learning his sounds and can now read simple words.

Two UCLA researchers are working to brighten the future of television and cell phone screens.

Colleen Mullen remembers visiting a sweatshop is Los Angeles, where she said she saw many workers cramped in a small gated room with mountains of discarded fabrics and covered windows.

Annie Worth lives in Rieber Vista, but is often at her sorority house until late at night. The walk back from Hilgard is usually long and sometimes uncomfortable, but Worth said her scooter makes her feel safer. “You’re used to walking during the day, but when it’s late at night, (the scooter) makes it really […]

Saxon Resident Director Kristo Gobin told his class of future resident assistants and RA alternates last Wednesday that he only hires “colored people” to maintain diversity, and though many students said Gobin did not mean to be offensive, others were still upset by it.

Donald Francis, a prominent AIDS doctor and educator, spoke to students Thursday about what he sees as the inefficiency of the federal government in dealing with AIDS and its failure to provide financial support to fight the epidemic in the 1980s and early 1990s.

In response to the recent shootings at Virginia Tech, UC President Robert Dynes addressed the California State Senate Education Committee on Wednesday about giving campuses more flexibility in sharing information on students who officials believe may be threats.