UCLA's Hannah Carter Japanese Garden, tucked among the private castles of Bel Air, is serene. Read more...

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Members of the UCLA community, garden conservationists and Westwood residents vocally opposed the sale of the UCLA Hannah Carter Japanese Garden at a community meeting in Bel Air Tuesday night. The university announced it would sell the property last November.

Ryan McNagny could have attended an in-state college. He was accepted to the highly ranked Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, a three-hour drive away from his hometown, Fort Wayne. Read more...

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Ryan McNagny is an out-of-state student from Indiana. He has seen his tuition fees increase by 24.3 percent since coming to UCLA in 2009.

Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed changes to Cal Grant funding in his recently released 2012-2013 budget, which may make it more difficult for students to obtain Cal Grant tuition aid. Read more...

Mary Trejo pays for her daughter's eye care, dental bills and trips home to Sunnyvale, Calif. But that's where Trejo's financial contributions end for her daughter Maryssa Hall, a second-year political science student at UCLA. Read more...

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Second-year political science student Maryssa Hall is a recipient of the UC Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan, which helps students whose yearly family incomes are below $80,000 finance UC educations.

Ryth Mendez doesn't identify as just male or just female. Read more...

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Fifth-year Asian American studies student Ryth Mendez identifies as genderqueer. Mendez faces challenges both on and off campus but has never reported it for fear of other people misunderstanding or retaliation.