Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Thursday that protects California’s undocumented residents from federal immigration authorities. Senate Bill 54, unofficially known as the “sanctuary state” bill, reduces the extent to which local law enforcement can provide federal authorities with information regarding undocumented immigrants. California has more than 2 million undocumented immigrants, according to […]
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Trump restores year-round Pell Grants in federal spending bill
President Donald Trump signed a federal spending bill into law May 5 that restores year-round Pell Grants. The grants will now cover summer sessions for university students, impacting nearly 80,000 University of California students, according to the UC Pell Grants fact sheet. The budget proposal also divided $1 trillion between federal research initiatives, the National […]
Healthy Campus Initiative introduces amphitheater garden at Sunset Rec
Students can now enjoy a new amphitheater garden in the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, following a launch event Thursday afternoon. The UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative held an opening event called Dream Revolution to introduce the renovated amphitheater, which has several garden beds on its highest level. The event featured a fair and performance of Shakespeare’s […]
American Apparel in Westwood Village closes
The clothing manufacturer American Apparel closed its Westwood location Wednesday. The company, which gained popularity with its “Made in USA – Sweatshop Free” policy, provocative advertising campaigns and simple designs, filed for bankruptcy in 2015. Gildan Activewear, a Canadian wholesale apparel company, acquired American Apparel’s intellectual property and equipment for $88 million in January. Gildan […]
Technology center on the Hill announces lower printing prices
The Student Technology Center announced a reduction in printing prices Monday that will match Wepa kiosk prices. In an email sent to students Monday, the Student Technology Center said that prices for single-sided black and white printing and copying decreased by one cent per page. Single-sided color printing and copying prices decreased by 26 cents […]
Professor remembered for passion for education, computer graphics
John Staudhammer, a UCLA professor emeritus and renowned computer graphics educator, died of heart failure Feb. 28. He was 84. Throughout the course of Staudhammer’s 50-year career, he taught electrical engineering at UCLA, North Carolina State University and the University of Florida. Staudhammer’s daughter, Anne Nickerson, said Staudhammer’s passion for education developed at UCLA, where […]
Student startup Flux charged for future with portable battery
A Bolivian student at UCLA said entrepreneurship in Bolivia is more difficult than in the U.S. where he has now co-founded a successful portable phone charger company. Alejandro Rioja, a fourth-year computer science student, is the co-founder and CEO of Flux Chargers, a phone charging startup that now sells chargers in more than 80 countries. […]