Candidates differ in approach to education
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Barbara Boxer
• Political party: Democrat
• Age: 69
• Education history: Attended Brooklyn College for B.A.
• Job history: California state senator: 1993-present U.S. representative from California’s 6th District: 1983-1993 Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: 2007-present Chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics: 2007-present
Carly Fiorina
• Political party: Republican
• Age: 56
• Education history: Attended Stanford University for her B.A., attended University of Maryland, College Park for her M.B.A., attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology for her M.S., attended UCLA school of Law for one semester in 1976
• Job history: CEO at HP from 1999 to 2005 Employee at AT&T for 20 years
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Only 2.5 points separate California candidates, Democrat Barbara Boxer and Republican Carly Fiorina, in the most recent Real Clear Politics poll. The U.S. Senate hopefuls have reached the final push to win over California voters.
With only a week left to make their choice,UCLA students are interested in how each candidate will help the public university system.
“We haven’t heard anything about how either candidate is going to solve this budget crisis, and they neglect a huge block of voters when they don’t address those issues that are most important to college students,” said Alexandra Schulz, a third-year psychology student.
Both candidates have said education and college students’ futures are some of their top