Samahang Pilipino celebrates its 40th anniversary
April 19, 2012 – 3:42 PM | No Comment

Forty years of history. Forty years of activism. Forty years of family. This year, Samahang Pilipino, a student organization representing the Filipino student voice at UCLA, will celebrate its 40th anniversary and commemorate its many …

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Nom Nom Truck Hits L.A.
August 27, 2009 – 3:38 AM | No Comment

Do you like vietnamese sandwiches? Does the combination of meat and cilantro atop crispy French bread make your taste buds salivate? Well, you’re in luck because the Nom Nom truck has recently launched in L.A.! …

"ANIME!" High Art – Pop Culture Visual Tour
August 27, 2009 – 3:28 AM | No Comment

This past weekend I went with a couple of friends to visit the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to see their exhibition on Japanese comics and animation.
According to their description: “This electrifying traveling …

Miyazaki Interview at Zellerbach Auditorium in Berkeley
August 27, 2009 – 2:00 AM | No Comment

So I got to see Miyazaki do a rare in-person interview with Roland Kelts last month in Berkeley. I didn’t have the best of seats, but it was still a memorable experience nonetheless. I gotta …

Preview: Interview with spoken word artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai
August 27, 2009 – 12:20 AM | No Comment

Last month, Pacific Ties had the opportunity to attend the 2009 Campus Progress National Conference in Washington D.C. In addition to listening to awesome speakers like Bill Clinton, Van Jones and Nancy Pelosi, we also …

Campus Progress, D.C. trip, staff editorials
August 23, 2009 – 7:26 AM | No Comment

I am sitting here with Al-Talib Editor in Chief Sayeda, listening to journalism jargon. Along with the other newsmagazine editors, we’re all in Washington D.C.  for a weekend conference hosted by Campus Progress.
As a first-time …

Webb negotiates, releases imprisoned American in Burma
August 17, 2009 – 11:06 PM | No Comment

On Saturday, Virginia Sen. Jim Webb won the release of an American prison inmate in Myanmar after talking with reclusive leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
After swimming across a …

I.C.E. removes quota, continues agency expansion
August 17, 2009 – 10:47 PM | No Comment

The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the end of quotas for undocumented immigrants who ignored deportation orders in attempt to make more changes to the program. John Morton, who took over as head …

Demonstration at Cal, debate over war criminal status
August 17, 2009 – 10:29 PM | No Comment

Four anti-war demonstrators were arrested today at the University of California, Berkeley after calling to fire John Yoo, a law professor who co-wrote legal memos that some claimed to have justified the torture of suspected …