A crowd of more than 100 students and faculty protested against tuition increases, concerns about the privatization of the university and wage cuts for university workers outside Meyerhoff Park on Thursday.
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New California budget could provide up to $300 million more in funding
In a newly approved California budget, the University of California and California State University systems could receive upwards of $300 million in additional funding.
Faculty unplug office landlines to cut departmental costs
In another year of huge slashes in state funding and extensive campus-wide budget cuts, one department is taking small steps to reduce costs and save money.
Cycling around bike theft risks
It looks like a regular dorm room.
Day of Action protesters rally against UCLA, UC budget cuts
Tensions ran high Thursday as speakers and students expressed their discontent with the administration at a rally in Meyerhoff Park to protest against wage cuts for university workers and student fee increases.
Rally and vigil to be held
The UCLA Queer Alliance and Won Together are hosting a rally and vigil today to inform students about the high nationwide levels of suicide in the LGBT community.
Six students, ranging in age from 13 to 19, who had been identified with the LGBT community, committed suicide in September.
“What happened to those boys was a tragedy,” said Gatsby Miller, a fourth-year LGBT studies student and member of the LGBT Campus Resource Center.
Fair encourages students to study abroad
The allure of exotic and foreign lands drew in a large crowd of students Tuesday during the 24th annual study abroad fair.
Conducted by UCLA’s International Education Office, the fair presented students with information on various programs offered by UCLA and outside sources for abroad curriculums.
Sergio Broderick-Villa, associate director for study abroad at the International Education Office, said the fair is meant to expose the idea of studying abroad to those who may have never considered it.
In fact, Broderick-Villa said it is those people who have never considered studying abroad that should begin to mull over the idea.
“There are advantages simply beyond the academia or the travel (aspects),” he said.