UCLA to host candidate forum for 3rd District supervisorial seat

Candidates for the seat representing the 3rd District on the L.A. County Board of Supervisors will participate in a UCLA-hosted forum in Macgowan Hall Tuesday night. The supervisor sits on a five-member board that governs L.A. County. The board oversees the county’s government, including the county’s jail system and sheriff’s department. Members of the board […]

Bruin Republicans memorialize victims of 9/11 with flags

Bruin Republicans hosted its annual 9/11 memorial Thursday at the Schoenberg quad. About 2,980 flags with numbers on them, representing the individuals who died in the terrorist attacks 13 years ago, decorated the lawn. Jake Kohlhepp, the external vice president for the group and a third-year political science and economics student, said he hopes the […]

‘Six Californias’ initiative fails to qualify for 2016 ballot

An initiative to split California into six states failed to gather enough signatures to be placed on the 2016 general election ballot. The proposed measure, if it had passed, could have potentially led to the split of the University of California system. Students from regions such as Northern California may have been required to pay […]

UC task force recommends sustainable investments over divestment

This post was updated on Sept. 13 at 12:12 a.m.

The University of California’s Task Force on Sustainable Investing recommended this week that the UC invest $1 billion over five years in companies that promote sustainability, rather than divesting from fossil fuel companies as student advocates have called for.

UCLA law students hold candlelight vigil in honor of Michael Brown

On Tuesday night, UCLA law students carried pictures of unarmed black men and women who were fatally shot in recent years to the footsteps of their classrooms. Candles lit up the faces the individuals one-by-one as they lined the steps that lead to the front door of the law school. A month after a police […]

Q&A: Incoming UCSA president discusses plans for upcoming year

With the new academic year arriving, the Daily Bruin sat down with Jefferson Kuoch-Seng, the incoming president of the University of California Student Association, to hear more about the association’s plan for the year. UCSA selected Kuoch-Seng, a fourth-year management student from UC Merced, as its president for the 2014-2015 year during its annual congress […]

Brown and Kashkari debate on plans for higher education

In the first and possibly the only debate of the gubernatorial race Thursday night, Republican candidate Neel Kashkari harped on Brown for allowing public universities to accept more nonresidents while Gov. Jerry Brown defended his track record, emphasizing that he has kept higher education affordable. Brown is running for his fourth term as governor, after […]