UCLU.cookie = {
    get: function(name) {
        var start = document.cookie.indexOf(name+'=');
    	var len = start + name.length + 1;
    	
    	if ((!start) && (name != document.cookie.substring(0, name.length)))
    		return null;
    	
    	if (start == -1)
    	    return null;
    	
    	var end = document.cookie.indexOf(';', len);
    	
    	if (end == -1)
    	    end = document.cookie.length;
    	
    	return unescape(document.cookie.substring(len, end));
    },
    
    set: function(name, value) {
        document.cookie = name + '=' + escape(value) + ';domain=uclunion.org';
        return value;
    }
};