As the undocumented student walks before the crowd at graduation and fixes his tassel, he will stand at the threshold of a future dulled by uncertainty. Read more...
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Fourth-year psychobiology student Carlos Hernandez graduates this weekend. However, with an undocumented status, he faces grim job prospects.
An undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz or UC Riverside ends up being funded at a lower level than an undergraduate at UCLA after University of California administrators distribute money from the state across campuses. Read more...
Early in the morning, the Metro 305 bus lumbers through South Los Angeles, picking up passenger Patricia Smith on her daily commute. Read more...
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The Metro 305 line travels daily through South Los Angeles. It will permanently shut down this month to make way for a new Expo light-rail line, forcing many commuters to find alternative routes.
A proposal to make the flagship program of the Anderson School of Management financially separate from state funding is now headed to University of California officials for review "“ the culmination of a three-year process that may set a precedent for funding UC graduate schools in the future. Read more...
Sarah Quinn has been eating dorm food for more than 10 years. Read more...
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Sarah Quinn has worked at UCLA since graduating in 2005. She uses the same student identification number she was assigned nearly 11 years ago.
Advocating for a cause these days is just a click away. A widely used online social action website, Change.org, allows users to create and sign online petitions on a variety of subjects, including the environment, politics and local issues. Read more...
Kathryn Peiman paused during her story about capturing wild seabirds off the Hawaiian coast and pointed to a set of scars on the back of her hand. Read more...
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Kathryn Peiman, third-year graduate student in the UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, travels to study birds.
