Max Schneider

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• Faculty, staff protest budget cuts outside town hall meeting

  June 24, 2009 at 9:05 p.m.

  Thousands of UCLA faculty and staff gathered today for a town hall meeting on the impact of the impending university budget cuts, with dozens of other UCLA employees protesting the budget cuts outside the meeting in Pauley Pavilion.

• Budget cuts constrain UCLA

  June 22, 2009 at 2:42 a.m.

  UCLA and the University of California system are poised to endure large-scale changes due to the state’s budget crisis, university administrators said in a town hall meeting on June 16.

• Research funding faces setbacks

  June 22, 2009 at 2:38 a.m.

  A number of negative consequences could emerge if the impending budget cuts include reductions aimed at the university’s research enterprise, according to UCLA research administrators.

• Governor proposes to end Cal Grants

  June 3, 2009 at 12:16 a.m.

  When Salomon Hossein’s mother lost her job during his second year at UCLA, he was forced to take out a Cal Grant to pay for his education.

• Stem cell research receives federal aid

  April 17, 2009 at 2:04 a.m.

  President Barack Obama signed an executive order last month to lift a long-standing ban on federal funding and oversight for stem cell research, indicating a shift from former President George Bush’s opposition to the field.

• Reasons behind the recalls

  April 16, 2009 at 2:45 a.m.

  From tomatoes to peanuts, students may have noticed some of their favorite foods missing from grocery stores and dining halls this year due to large-scale food recalls.

• Proposition 8 passes, amending California constitution on marriage

  Nov. 5, 2008 at 4:32 a.m.

  The results of Proposition 8 – a highly anticipated and contentious initiative – was passed long after the polls closed Tuesday night.

• Political cartoons inspired alumnus

  Oct. 28, 2008 at 12:28 a.m.

  Michael Kahn remembers the moment he fell in love with political cartoons.

• Voter turnout low, apathy high among youngest age bracket

  Oct. 21, 2008 at 1:41 a.m.

  Despite the election-related frenzy that has invaded campus, a large number of students have chosen to remain unregistered and largely uninvolved with the political world.

• Fact-checking gains audience

  Oct. 16, 2008 at 1:03 a.m.

  A number of political fact-checking Web sites have popped up online in recent years and students aware of these services have utilized them to sort fact from political fiction.