With Republican lawmakers threatening to stall the passage of a state budget without major cuts in spending, the University of California Board of Regents cranked out an emergency statement urging Sacramento not to cut funding to the university.
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[Online Exclusive]: Regents postpone decision on research funding
Six years after banning tobacco investments, the University of California Board of Regents discussed serving another major blow to the tobacco industry ““ banning faculty from accepting research funding from tobacco companies.
D’Avanzo: RA to some, friend to many
Julien D’Avanzo didn’t care about schoolwork all that much. He didn’t always pay his fraternity dues. And he’d often skip sleep on a school night to chat with a floormate. But those who love the third-year history student say that more than anyone else they knew, D’Avanzo had his priorities straight in life. Julien kept […]
[A Closer Look]: Right to remain on streets
Most days Kyle Contarino, homeless and living in Westwood, picks up the Daily Bruin Sports section and imagines what could have been. “I dropped out of high school. I think about it every day. I was stupid because I was good at basketball,” said the 32-year-old, bundled up outside the Jews for Jesus center on […]
Dance Marathon: Dancer
It took just three hours until Anna Lindel almost broke the cardinal rule of UCLA Dance Marathon. “Anna, are you sitting?” asked one of her sorority sisters. “I leaned! I leaned!” Lindel shrieked. “It was a lean!” Phew. Close call. There wouldn’t be many more of those as the third-year political science student danced her […]
Inn-coming changes
Yet another hotel in Westwood is set to start major renovations, another sign that local way stations are taking a turn for the ritzy and potentially leaving bargain-hunting travelers with scant options. The Doubletree Hotel in Westwood, a moderately priced inn popular with parents visiting UCLA, will close later this year to accommodate a year […]
Weiss will run for city attorney
Los Angeles Councilman Jack Weiss ““ who represents Westwood, much of the Westside and parts of the San Fernando Valley ““ announced Feb. 2 that he intends to run for city attorney. Weiss’ plans to run for higher office hinge on how current City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo fares in his 2007 bid for state attorney. […]