For the past few months, Ben Juster balanced his UCLA schoolwork with intensive trivia training – preparation for competing in the Jeopardy! College Championship. The fourth-year anthropology student is one of 15 quarterfinalists who competed in January for a Jeopardy! series. The episode he appears in will air Tuesday at 7 p.m. on ABC. He […]
Author Archives: Alex Torpey
UC Council of Presidents to request for student input on shortened winter break
A group of University of California student body presidents plan to ask the UC to consider student input in setting the academic calendar and reinstate a three-week winter break in the 2014-2015 school year. The shortened break is largely unpopular among students and more than 28,000 people have signed a petition against the change. The […]
UCOP to forgo budget increase for 2014-2015 fiscal year
The University of California Office of the President will forgo a budget increase for the first time in five years as officials reconsider the office’s role within the UC system. UC President Janet Napolitano said at a UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday that she plans to keep the office’s budget from increasing in 2014-2015 […]
Pope Francis names new cardinals from wide range of nations
Pope Francis recently appointed several cardinals from countries not typically represented in church leadership in another untraditional move that has been well-received by Catholics around the world, including at UCLA. The churchmen Francis elevated to the cardinalship include the first cardinal from Haiti and representatives from countries such as Burkina Faso and the Ivory Coast […]
Bill would prohibit California colleges from aiding NSA data collection
Public universities in California would be barred from conducting research that helps the federal government collect electronic information without a warrant, if a bill introduced this week by state senators is passed. Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance), who represents the district that includes Westwood and UCLA, and Sen. Joel Anderson (R-San Diego) have proposed the Fourth […]
UCLA workers participate in statewide strike
Two union strikes on Wednesday caused the shutdown of several residential restaurants, the cancellation of several discussion sections and the delay of some elective surgeries, costing the University of California millions of dollars.
UC scholarship fundraising campaign raises more than $1.3 million
The University of California’s first social media fundraising campaign ended Thursday with a total of more than $1.3 million in donations and mixed reactions from participants. The UC campaign, called “Promise for Education,” raised money for need-based grants and scholarships for undergraduate students from California.The campaign was an effort to make up for budget cuts […]