UCLA and University of Southern California are competing to register students to vote with a voter registration drive this fall. The competition, which started Sept. 15, will challenge each school to register the most students to vote, according to a Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk press release. Los Angeles County registrar spokesperson Mike Sanchez said […]
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UC Regents preview – July 19-21
The University of California Regents, UC’s governing body, will meet for its bimonthly board meeting from July 19 to 21 at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay campus. The regents will discuss student food insecurity, appoint a student regent for 2017-2018 school year and agree on a budget for the 2016-2017 school year. Tuesday The […]
Students feel the heat of wildfires in Southern California
Sonia Puri’s family packed valuables in their car Tuesday night as fires scorched the hills near their home, so they would be able to flee at a moment’s notice. Puri, a rising fourth-year biology student, said she and her family live one block away from a mandatory evacuation zone but decided to stay put. […]
UCLA to convert doubles into triples to house additional students
UCLA will convert double dorm rooms to triples to prepare for an increased enrollment of students in the 2016-2017 academic year. In 2015, the University of California received state funding to enroll an additional 5,000 students across the UC for the 2016-2017 academic year, said UC spokeswoman Kate Moser in a written statement. UCLA agreed […]
Bruin Republicans discuss candidate Donald Trump, upcoming primary
Members of Bruin Republicans said they are uncertain about how they will vote in the California primary, after several major Republican candidates dropped out of the race. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump won the Oregon primary unopposed Tuesday. While some members of Bruin Republicans, a student-run conservative political organization, supported Trump even before he was […]