Student groups with different political affiliations are preparing voter registration drives and trips to swing districts as the midterm elections draw closer and local congressional races heat up. The 2018 midterm elections, which will be held on Nov. 6 across the nation, put all 435 seats in the House and 35 seats in the Senate […]
Author Archives: Julia Shapero
Proposition to split California could affect UC tuition, organization
A proposition to split California into three separate states could affect students in the University of California system. The initiative, also known as Proposition 9, will be included in the November 2018 statewide ballot and is funded by venture capitalist Tim Draper. The proposition would split California into three states with smaller populations and more […]
UC community awaits ruling on lawsuit contesting termination of DACA
Eduardo Perez clearly remembers Sept. 5, the day President Donald Trump announced his decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. But Perez, a first-year political science student and DACA recipient, also remembers the email UCLA, the school he was going to attend that fall, sent out in response. “I remember receiving an […]
Proposed amendment to state constitution limits UC autonomy
California state legislators announced a state constitutional amendment Tuesday that aims to restrict the University of California’s autonomy by reducing staff salaries, the length of regents’ terms and the authority of the UC president. The proposed amendment limits nonfaculty salaries to $200,000 per year, which would affect coaches that, on some campuses, make millions of […]
Transfers magazine drives transportation research into accessible format
A new UCLA magazine that launched Wednesday features work from other universities to make transportation research more accessible to students, policymakers and the public. The UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies released its first issue of Transfers Magazine, which features research from the Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center, said Madeline Brozen, associate director of ITS […]
UCLA School of Law to accept GRE scores starting in 2019
Students applying to the UCLA School of Law will have the option to submit scores from the Graduate Record Exam instead of the Law School Admissions Test starting in 2019. The change was approved by the school’s faculty Monday to encourage students of different backgrounds to apply, according to a Wednesday press release. School of […]
Panel discusses effects of water shortage in Middle East, Africa
Water scarcity is contributing to political tensions and volatile food prices in the Middle East and Africa, experts said at an event Monday. Professors and experts from various universities and companies gathered at the “Water in the Middle East and Africa: A Nexus of Cooperation and Conflict” event at the UCLA Faculty Center to discuss […]