Friday, April 10

DACA Project analyzes economic benefits of immigration policy

His mother and brother were deported to Mexico at different times in past years, and while his mother was able to come back, Francisco Lopez-Flores said he hasn’t seen his brother in six years. Read more...

Photo: Professor Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda presents to his class on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)


Students hold memorial, protest over kidnappings in Mexico

A group of armed men disguised in masks and wearing black clothes entered Miranda Edmonds’ family home in Mexico two years ago and abducted her uncle, who had been out planting a tree with his son. Read more...

Photo: Eduardo Espericuetta, a third-year political science exchange student, holds a sign during the Wednesday protest of the Mexican government’s handling of the abduction of 43 students. (Manvel Kapukchyan/Daily Bruin)


UCLA student’s blog chronicles journey before, after double mastectomy

In the evenings when her husband was sleeping, she would talk to herself to prepare for the procedure. Though she was nervous about the decision she was making, she knew it could potentially change her genetic fate. Read more...

Photo: Rachel Stone, a graduate student at the UCLA School of Nursing, successfully underwent a prophylactic mastectomy in August and will undergo the second phase of the surgery in December. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)





UCLA CAPPP panel predicts government gridlock

Political science professors in a panel discussion Wednesday said they think the major Democratic losses in this year’s midterm election will cause a gridlocked government, preventing significant legislation from coming out of Congress in Barack Obama’s final two years as president. Read more...