SAN JOSE, Costa Rica “”mdash; As I sit at my desk at The Tico
Times, an English-language weekly in Costa Rica, I realize how
lucky I was to work at the Daily Bruin.

As thousands across the nation took to the streets last Tuesday
to protest legislation that would increase penalties against
undocumented immigrants, Mario Escobar paced nervously in front of
the Los Angeles Immigration Court on Olive Street.

China is on track for long-term economic growth and the
expansion of the Asian powerhouse will likely yield more
opportunities than threats for the United States, according to
economists and business leaders who spoke at the presentation of
the UCLA Anderson Forecast on Wednesday.

Mario Escobar’s boisterous laughter dies out as he tells
his story. As other students focus on their final exams this week,
he also has to cope with the possibility of being deported to a
violent country.

Julie Farrell has the job she went to UCLA to get.
After spending six years working with lawyers while she was
employed by nonprofit organizations such as The Nature Conservancy,
she decided to make the jump to the legal side of community
development.

Editor’s note: This is last in a three part series about
compensation and salaries at UCLA.
Competition: It happens when there is a small pool of candidates
who have the skills to lead a university.

Editor’s note: This is second in a three part series about
compensation and salaries at UCLA. Part three will run
Wednesday.
When salaries are compared in terms of gender at UCLA,
differences abound.

The liver is the largest glandular organ in the body. It
performs more than 400 functions each day: It makes bile, aids in
digestion, makes proteins, and stores vitamins, fats and
sugars.

Editor’s note: This is first in a three part series about
compensation and salaries at UCLA. Part two will run
Tuesday.
For months, executive compensation has been the phrase on the
minds of the University of California’s leaders and on the
lips of lawmakers.

When Andrew Bokarius began working at a neuroscience laboratory
this summer, the thought of retirement was distant.
Bokarius took the job to get research experience and explore
what it would be like to work in a research lab.