Three-day union worker strike to interrupt dining, custodial services

UCLA students living in residence halls will experience limited dining options during a three-day workers’ strike next week. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, which represents service workers at the University of California, will go on a strike from Monday to Wednesday. Students will experience disruptions in dining, custodial and […]

Research suggests colleges mainly recruit from white, affluent schools

Universities in the United States tend to conduct their off-campus recruiting visits at primarily white and affluent high schools, according to research published April 13. Researchers from UCLA and the University of Arizona published their study, “The Off-Campus Recruiting Research Project,” on college recruiting and the demographics of the high schools recruiters choose to visit […]

Street vending legalized in Los Angeles, but with limitations

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to legalize street vendors within city limits, five years after council members first considered legalization. The council also approved a motion put forward by councilmembers Joe Buscaino, Curren Price and Jose Huizar to not give brick-and-mortar businesses, such as restaurants, the ability to deny street vendors access to […]

UC uses tuition to supplement dwindling state funds, federal grants

Most public universities in the United States, including the University of California, rely primarily on tuition revenue to fund higher education despite a nationwide increase in state funding, according to a report released last month. The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association released a report March 29 that showed that 28 states relied more heavily […]

Sydney Kamlager to represent Westwood as new state assembly member

Sydney Kamlager will be the representative for the state assembly district representing Westwood, following a special election Tuesday. Los Angeles County voters from parts of West Los Angeles, including Culver City, Inglewood, Baldwin Hills and Westwood, voted in Kamlager, a Democrat and president of the LA Community College District Board, as the next assembly member […]

Associate professor weighs in on implications of Trump suing California

President Donald Trump’s administration sued California on Tuesday for its sanctuary state policies that sought to protect undocumented immigrants and limit local law enforcement from working with federal immigration authorities. The Daily Bruin’s Julia Shapero spoke with Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda, a Chicana/o studies associate professor who researches immigration, about the lawsuit’s implications for undocumented individuals in […]

PROSPER Act would change work-study formula, reduce funding for the UC

This post was updated Mar. 6 at 3:44 p.m. A federal proposal governing work-study programs may reduce funding to University of California students, a UC official said. The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act, which was introduced in the House of Representatives last month, would revise the Federal Work-Study formula to […]