Maria Alcantara paid more than $600 for the privilege of discovering she didn’t qualify for DACA. In July of 2014, the second-year legal studies and Latin American and Latino studies student at UC Santa Cruz applied for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA – President Barack Obama’s executive action protecting some young undocumented immigrants […]
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A Patchwork of Policy
“My family came here in pieces.” Valerie* sits at a table on the Kerckhoff patio, folding and refolding the napkin she had just used for lunch. When she is not moving her hands, she holds them carefully, flat on the tabletop and very still. She is calm but guarded, seeming to carefully consider her words. […]
Who Gets to Dream?
When most people think of undocumented immigrants, chances are they think of Donald Trump. Which makes a twisted kind of sense. The man captured the attention of an entire country when he started off his presidential campaign railing against undocumented immigrants, and has made a name for himself as a presidential candidate spouting off hateful […]
A Paper Trail
Reporter Natalie Delgadillo, opinion columnist Ryan Nelson and photojournalist Angie Wang spent eleven months piecing together the full picture of what it means to be an undocumented student in the United States, from California, where policies are comparatively lenient, to Georgia, where students are subject to some of the harshest higher education policies in the […]
Introduction to UCLA leadership
Vice chancellors and the chancellor are the highest levels of UCLA’s administrative structure. Vice chancellors and the chancellor are the highest levels of UCLA’s administrative structure.
Here to stay
Sixteen Westwood Village businesses have maintained a presence for more than 50 years. Business owners said store histories, on-site owners and one-of-a-kind retail items were their key to success in the Village. Find out which ones they are and where they are located
Registration Issue 2015: Where to?
Registration Issue is the first issue of the school year. As students who are still deciding what to do and where to go in the beginning of fall quarter, take some time to visit this page to read some interesting stories.