A UCLA education is never exactly the same for every student
because of the multitude of academic options available to
undergraduates both on campus and elsewhere.

Naya Villarreal is a political science student who graduated
from UCLA last quarter and has decided to spend her first years out
of college in the Caribbean ““ not on vacation, but rather as
a member of the Peace Corps.

There will be the traditional wedding cake, a live band and a
reception, but the marriage taking place between two UCLA students
today in Bruin Plaza will not be legal.

The Union of Professional and Technical Employees, which has
nearly 10,000 members, is planning to hold a one-day strike at all
nine University of California campuses today.

The passage of the PULSE referendum will not only prevent debt
due to budget cuts, but will also allow groups not to fund-raise as
heavily and keep them from having to dig deeper into USAC’s
surplus funds, groups say.

Brad Schwan was involved in active duty for the Army for six
years before coming to UCLA for law school.
A second-year student at the UCLA School of Law and
vice-chairman of the UCLAW Veterans Society, Schwan knew he always
wanted the opportunity to go to law school, which was one of the
reasons he joined the Army.

Professors who are part of the four ethnic study centers on
campus play a role in drawing undergraduate minority students to
UCLA, and in retaining them.

A three-year tentative contract agreement between the University
of California and the American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees Union was reached on Wednesday after nine
months of negotiating and a week after AFSCME held a one-day
strike.

A group of nearly 50 UCLA students and supporters marched to
Chancellor Albert Carnesale’s office Tuesday to protest
service workers’ wages less than a week after the American
Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees went on strike
at University of California campuses.

A majority of the 2,000 UCLA members of the American Federation
of State, County and Municipal Employees union went on strike on
Thursday.
AFSCME members work in residential dining and housing services,
and the Associated Students of UCLA campus restaurants.