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Spring 2011 issue is OUT!

NEWSBy Pacific Ties June 3, 2011 Leave a comment

To my wonderful readers, We finally have our spring 2011 issue available online. Unfortunately, we do not have printed versions available due to lack of funding. That didn’t stop us from publishing though! [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=110608003527-a200b44cddd546eeb56a1438f0ac970c docname=spring2011 username=pacificties loadinginfotext=Spring%202011%20-%20The%20Story%20Issue showhtmllink=true tag=asian%20american width=420 height=271 unit=px]

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Upcoming UCLA events: Asian Am Undergrad Conference and API Graduation!

COMMUNITY, EVENTSBy Ashley Truong May 26, 2011 Leave a comment

It’s almost the end of the year, but that doesn’t mean that UCLA campus is slowing down, or that the API community is, either (although this blog has been a little inactive lately. Um, sorry.) There are two events coming up that you all should check out! The first is the Asian American Undergraduate Conference,…

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Sacrifice for a Good Cause

NEWSBy Pacific Ties May 21, 2011 Leave a comment

Hungry students and their supporters sit for the seventh day in front of University of California at Berkeley’s California Hall. The students asked University Chancellor Robert Birgeneau yesterday to reinstate fired ethnic-studies staff members. “We’re still here, we’re still fighting and basically, we’re not going anywhere,” said a weary- looking, third-year Native American studies major,…

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Food for Thought: 176 Hour Berkeley Hunger Strike

NEWSBy Ashley Truong May 20, 2011 Leave a comment

As of May 4, students and supporters at UC Berkeley have engaged in a hunger strike that has lasted 176 hours. The hunger strike is to protest the firing of several ethnic-studies staff members. The staff members were fired in response to an audit of university-wide operations carried out by consulting firm Bain and Company.…

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Tuition might be raised to another 32%

NEWS, OPINIONBy Pacific Ties May 20, 2011 Leave a comment

I logged onto URSA and checked the cost for next year. The total was $27,000+. Some people are worried about Judgment Day on Saturday, and all I can think of are fee increases and another huge student protest next year. I am a student. I am involved in extracurriculars. I have to work more than 20…

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Ready, Set, GO: USAC elections start

OPINION, POLITICSBy Pacific Ties May 2, 2011 Leave a comment

Spring time is here and it gets feisty—it’s the race for student government positions. We have four people running for president. Two slates Bruins United and Students First! have the most exposure on campus and online, so people tend to not hear about independent candidates. This isn’t a popularity contest. It’s not like ASB in…

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