Rotem Ben-Shachar

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• Internships beneficial for jobs

  Feb. 10, 2010 at 1:12 a.m.

  When applying to 120 consulting, investment banking and trading firms this fall, fourth-year student Zack Shalvarjian felt unprepared for the recruiting process.

• More students graduating early

  Jan. 27, 2010 at 12:40 a.m.

  As an out-of-state undergraduate, Suzannah Powell pays over $40,000 in yearly student fees.

• As UCLA campus grows, architecture recalls style of original four buildings

  Jan. 13, 2010 at 1:03 a.m.

  Though the UCLA campus currently is comprised of approximately 200 buildings on 419 acres, it all began in 1929 with four: Royce Hall, Powell Library, the Humanities Building and Haines Hall.

• Budget cuts prompt University of California to decrease in-state enrollment

  Nov. 25, 2009 at 1:16 a.m.

  Because of pressures from state budget cuts, the University of California will decrease in-state enrollment by 2,500 students for the 2010-2011 academic year.

• Departments try to limit major requirements to 45 units, based on Challenge 45

  Nov. 10, 2009 at 1:40 a.m.

  Because of a 20 percent decrease in state funding for the 2009-2010 year, UCLA is reexamining its academic structure and looking at new ways to cut costs without diminishing the quality of education.

• UCLA students learn to handle pressures of being emergency trauma technicians

  Oct. 15, 2009 at 4:03 a.m.

  When a patient comes into the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center suffering from severe gunshot wound complications, Rey Henry is ready.

• Budget cuts make it hard for students to transfer

  Oct. 9, 2009 at 2:36 a.m.

  Eboni Haynes had no problem transferring to UCLA in 2008 after two years of attending Los Angeles Valley College.

• Eligible veterans waiting to receive benefits from Post-9/11 GI Bill

  Oct. 2, 2009 at 12:53 a.m.

  Today, third-year law student and Navy veteran Glenn Yeck has to make an important stop at the Federal Building to pick up an advance for educational benefits he was supposed to receive months ago.

• Youth urge health care reform

  Sept. 25, 2009 at 1:23 a.m.

  After graduating from New York University, Katie Loughmiller was jobless and uninsured.

• Alum’s bike tour promotes sustainability

  Aug. 17, 2009 at 2:22 a.m.

  In November 2007, UCLA alumnus Jeff Dhungana set out on what he thought was an impossible journey.