Decades later, Project India participants celebrate book’s publishing

Hairs have grayed and voices have gotten thicker, but the memory of their time in India was fresh in the minds of the alumni at the UCLA Faculty Center on Sunday. About 200 University of California alumni and their family members reunited at UCLA over the weekend to celebrate a recently published book called “Project […]

Gov. Brown signs bill extending loans to undocumented students

Undocumented college students in California will be eligible for state-financed loans starting next academic year, but lasting plans for the program’s budget and sustainability are still uncertain. Senate Bill 1210, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed this week, will give undocumented students loans of up to $4,000 a year, and up to $20,000 over the course […]

Q&A: LA County supervisor candidates discuss stances on 3rd District issues

For the first time in 20 years, a seat representing UCLA and Westwood on the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors will be up for election this November. The five-member board for the 3rd District oversees a budget of about $26 billion and governs a county of about 10 million residents, a population size […]

Napolitano says UC will reevaluate tuition policy

In a Tuesday teleconference with University of California student newspapers, UC President Janet Napolitano said the University must reexamine its tuition policy, since the state has not met the UC’s financial needs. “(The) state’s putting in a little bit more, but it’s like an eyedropper,” Napolitano said. “At a certain point, you have to look […]

UC begins implementing LGBT advisory group recommendations

The University of California will allow students to indicate their preferred names in its academic record system and will build gender-neutral bathrooms in new and renovated buildings, implementing two recommendations from the University’s task force on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues, officials announced Monday. The changes are meant to make students feel more comfortable […]

Napolitano’s first year as UC president draws mixed criticism, praise

Students wanted Janet Napolitano out of office even before she took the helm as the University of California president. At her first University of California Board of Regents meeting in July last year, six protesters were arrested as they demanded the regents withdraw her appointment, upset that she did not have a background in academia […]