Mingren Wang, a first-year business economics student from China, had to sell his house to pay for his tuition fees at UCLA. The University of California Board of Regents’ recent plan to increase tuition fees could potentially force international students like Wang to pay $1,700 more every year. This sum could be worth two months’ […]
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Armenian Pre-Law Student Association aims to help members connect
Vartan Gezukarayan, a co-founder of the Armenian Pre-Law Student Association and a third-year philosophy student, said the organization is meant to help students learn about the law school admissions process by organizing events and connecting with lawyers and law students. Though the club started as a platform to provide help to Armenian pre-law students, the […]
Sikh Student Association cultural night to feature traditional Indian food, dance
The Sikh Student Association will host its seventh cultural night on Friday, along with its first-ever bone marrow drive at the event. “The cultural night will be a place and time that brings students from other colleges together,” said Harinder Sran, a third-year psychology student and social director of the Sikh Student Association. “During college […]
Obituary: Anthropology professor, LGBT studies program cofounder dies at 86
Peter B. Hammond, an anthropology professor who helped to establish the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender studies program at UCLA, died of Alzheimer’s in Los Angeles on Oct. 4. He was 86. “He was known for being personally and socially invested in the lives and scholarship of his students for his 33 years at UCLA,” […]