Voter turnout will be key for Republicans to gain or for Democrats to keep a majority in the U.S. Senate in the upcoming November midterm election, said Lynn Vavreck, a UCLA professor of political science and communication studies, in a lecture Thursday. “This midterm election will be a competition for partisans and about mobilizing presidential […]
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UC partners with state health agencies to treat Ebola patients
In a partnership with the state health agency, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, among other University of California medical centers, will treat Ebola patients if needed, the University said Friday. “As a public university, we want to make sure we are stepping up in a public health crisis like this,” said UC spokeswoman Brooke Converse. […]
Increases in aid reduce net cost of college for low-income students
The net cost of education for University of California students receiving the federal student aid remained virtually unchanged from 2008 to 2012, despite about a 70 percent hike in tuition during the time, according to a study released last week. The net cost of education includes tuition, room and board and other education expenses. Grant […]
Students gather to protest mass incarceration and police brutality
A few fake tombstones and pictures of those killed by police filled the grass in front of Kerckhoff Hall Wednesday afternoon as students gathered to demonstrate against mass incarceration and police brutality. About a dozen students gathered around, some voicing their own experiences with police brutality. At the same time as the protest, Van Jones, […]
UC, College Board campaign aims to better prepare low-income students
The University of California announced on Tuesday a partnership with the College Board to better prepare low-income students from minority backgrounds in California for college admission. Under the “All In” campaign, the UC’s Early Academic Outreach Program will work with the College Board to help high schools identify high-achieving students using measures such as Preliminary […]
Event to help build student support for diversity requirement proposal
Students will gather Wednesday night to plan ways to lobby faculty for the upcoming vote on the academic diversity requirement proposal. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs Commission is hosting the event to build student support for the requirement and teach students how to encourage faculty members to vote “yes” on the proposal. The […]
BruinsVote! campaign events exhibit low student turnout
Behind a crowd of about 100 students lay dozens of unclaimed chairs and a barely used photo booth. Though the room is able to hold 2,000 people, students clustered mostly around the stage at the BruinsVote! concert Friday night. To the side, Pat Simmons, a fourth-year physics student, and his friend were planning to run […]