Mai Hong

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• UCLA hosts UCSA meeting to discuss important student issues

  Oct. 22, 2007 at 3:10 a.m.

  Members of the University of California Students Association met at UCLA over the weekend to prepare for the upcoming UC Board of Regents meeting in November and to discuss other student issues, such as voter recruitment and further actions to take regarding the Dream Act.

• Students’ fields of study not major career commitments

  June 10, 2007 at 12:13 a.m.

  As a history buff from a young age, Dani Levinson planned to become a history teacher after she graduated from college.

• Relieving students of their excess baggage

  June 1, 2007 at 12:57 a.m.

  When Junji Toshima was performing a routine sweep of the dorms a few years ago after students had moved out of their rooms, he found a box of scorpions. But he said goldfish are a more common find during the room checks.

• Effort to block stem cell research defeated

  May 18, 2007 at 12:24 a.m.

  The California Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of a lawsuit filed by opponents of a 2004 ballot measure which allowed state bonds to fund stem cell research.

• Students facing obstacles in quest for affordable day care

  May 15, 2007 at 2:01 a.m.

  Five months before her son was born, Robin Patch placed her name on a waiting list at the UCLA Early Care and Education (ECE) program in anticipation of the demand for its facilities.

• Student retention service lowers deficit

  May 15, 2007 at 1:55 a.m.

  The Student Retention Center, a campus service organization that funds projects to help students graduate, reduced its deficit to $75,000 this year and expects to reach a surplus next year.

• Reacting to violence

  May 8, 2007 at 12:48 a.m.

  Along with other UCLA students and community members, Mario Escobar marched in downtown Los Angeles on May 1 to celebrate International Workers’ Day and to rally for worker and immigrants’ rights.

• Outreach center works to cut $80,000 deficit

  May 8, 2007 at 12:36 a.m.

  Outreach programs to local high schools may be on the chopping block when UCLA’s Student Initiated Access Center meets this summer to decide how to reduce its nearly $80,000 deficit.

• Student outreach projects face budget cuts

  May 4, 2007 at 12:44 a.m.

  Student outreach projects that perform community service in the L.A. area have been struggling with finding funding this year and will continue to see budget cuts next year, which could ...

• Getting to know your lease

  May 3, 2007 at 12:54 a.m.

  When Binh Tran went to sign her first lease, she said she was met with a landlord who had little patience for explaining the document’s legal technicalities and fine print.