Beneath bright stage lights and amid the bustle of production crew cameras, local high school student Jorge Cardenas faced a panel of Latino leaders to pose his question about obstacles Latinos face when pursuing higher education. Cardenas, a 17-year-old undocumented Latino student at Salesian High School in East Los Angeles, was one person in a […]
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Calif. law allows undocumented individuals to drive legally
Undocumented individuals in California, including those in the UCLA community, will soon be able to legally share the road with other drivers. Gov. Jerry Brown officially signed a measure into law last week that allows undocumented individuals to apply for a driver’s license starting in 2015. “This is only the first step,” Brown said in […]
What’s happening at UCLA this week: Oct. 7 – 11
See what’s happening on your campus this week: Monday The Crisis in Syria Panelists discuss topics related to the current crisis in Syria. Speakers include UCLA political science professor Dan Treisman and Dalia Dassa Kaye, Director of the Center for Middle East Public Policy at the RAND Corporation. Law Building 1457 4 – 5 p.m. […]
UCLA service workers, students protest UC compensation contract
Dozens of service workers and UCLA students gathered at different locations around campus Thursday to protest the University of California’s recent compensation contract with the service worker’s union.
CAC Cultural Programming Mini Fund now covers supply costs
Students can now obtain funding for supplies needed for cultural events and programming from the Cultural Programming Mini Fund, housed in the undergraduate student government. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Cultural Affairs Commission expanded the resources covered by the fund this quarter to better help students afford to put on cultural events, said Jessica Trumble, […]
Napolitano scheduled to meet with students, UC administrators at UCLA
University of California President Janet Napolitano is scheduled to visit UCLA and meet with students and administrators next week, one in a line meetings with the UC community she has undertaken in her first days as president. On Oct. 11, Napolitano will meet with four undergraduate student government officers, Chancellor Gene Block and several vice […]
Graduate students have mixed emotions about career advice
Zsuzsa Magyar’s prospective career in academia will involve playing the lottery. Magyar is a political science graduate student and, like many other graduate students she knows, she hopes to become a professor after getting her degree. She said she is on track for an academic career, but she also knows that the declining job market […]