Joanne Hou

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• Dry, windy weather may snuff out annual Beat ’SC bonfire again

  Nov. 29, 2007 at 1:45 a.m.

  The unfavorable weather conditions last year that forced the cancellation of the bonfire at the Beat ’SC Parade may also affect this year’s parade.

• Many ways for Bruins to study abroad

  Nov. 20, 2007 at 1:27 a.m.

  Students looking into studying abroad face many different programs and enrollment options, but their choices can lead to thousands of dollars in price difference.

• Critiquing affirmative action

  Nov. 6, 2007 at 12:35 a.m.

  Eleven years after the passage of Proposition 209, students gathered on Monday to hear a panel present divergent perspectives on affirmative action.

• Affirmative action ban discussed

  Oct. 29, 2007 at 2:41 a.m.

  The passage of Proposition 209 led to a decline in the number of underrepresented minority students and faculty in the University of California, according to speakers at a symposium focused on the effects of the proposition held last Friday.

• Graduate students to share work at LGBT conference

  Oct. 18, 2007 at 1:25 a.m.

  Scholars from all over the country are set to convene at UCLA this weekend to discuss and present works about queer life, literature, film, politics and more.

• Saving money getting more resourceful

  Oct. 11, 2007 at 1:12 a.m.

  Josh Chang willingly lives in a two-bedroom apartment with four other people to bring down his share of the rent

• Actress speaks on behalf of banking organization

  Oct. 4, 2007 at 2:48 a.m.

  Actress Natalie Portman said when she first visited Uganda in 2004, she was most moved by an impoverished woman who went from living in the slums to opening a restaurant and sending all eight of her children to school – all because of tiny loans.

• State senator pushes UC to institute shared governance of employee pensions

  Sept. 27, 2007 at 1:12 a.m.

  Two weeks ago, both the California Senate and California Assembly passed the Senate Concurrent Resolution 52, calling for the University of California to give workers shared governance of the UC’s pension plan.

• CSC groups committed to service

  Sept. 27, 2007 at 1:08 a.m.

  One of Erin Cavanaugh’s students at her Project Literary volunteer sites brings her his report card every week to show the progress he and Erin have made in their weekly tutoring sessions.

• Controversial philosopher to dissect issue of poverty

  May 25, 2007 at 12:40 a.m.

  Peter Singer, a renowned and controversial ethicist and philosopher, is set to speak on campus today to share his views about global poverty and people’s obligations in solving this issue.