Monday, May 4

Fire in the Kitchen: _Rasmalai, a masterpiece of ricotta and saffron_

A prover hanging on the window of Stan's Donuts on Weyburn Avenue has always hit close to home: "Eat your desserts first "“ life is too uncertain.” Read more...

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Fourth-year biology student Laila Mohammad tastes Krivoruchko’s rendition of the traditional Pakistani dessert Rasmalai: baked ricotta cakes immersed in a sweet mix of creamy half and half, cardamom and red saffron.






URSA needs technology revamp

URSA, the student records website, is scheduled to be open only a few hours more than the John Wooden Center per week. It's a little odd that such an important website is ever closed at all, but even more odd that it's closed nearly as often as our gym. Read more...


Lack of funding affects pensions for UC faculty and staff

By Robert Samuels While Meg Whitman was wrong to say that the University of California fee hikes in 2009 were caused by the need to fund the pensions for faculty and staff, we may see in the future a situation where increased fees and decreased services are driven by the need to pay off current and future retirement expenses. Read more...