More than 1,000 service workers protest income inequality in Westwood

Holding signs that read “Justice for Janitors” and “the 1 percent is holding us all back,” more than 1,000 protestors marched from Bruin Plaza to downtown Westwood Wednesday afternoon.

The march was organized by the United Service Workers West, a local union of service workers.

Assembly Speaker John Pérez proposes plan to generate scholarships by cutting tax breaks

Assembly Speaker John Pérez (D-Los Angeles) today announced a plan that would raise taxes on out-of-state corporations, with the aim of generating enough revenue to cut college fees by two-thirds for middle-income college students in California.

The proposal is contained in two pieces of legislation, AB 1500 and AB 1501.

Federal appeals court declares California gay marriage ban unconstitutional

Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this morning.

The three-judge panel came to a 2-to-1 vote on the ban on same-sex marriage, finding the proposition violated the 14th Amendment.

The ruling comes almost four years after California voters passed the ban in August 2008.

Out of Bounds with Daily Bruin Sports: February 6, 2012

Feb. 6, 2011 “”mdash; Daily Bruin Sports contributors Tyler Drohan and Steven Covella review the week in UCLA sports on Out of Bounds. First, Daily Bruin Sports editor Jacob Ruffman stops by to talk about UCLA football’s latest recruits from National Signing Day. Later, Drohan and Covella debut the rapid-fire “No Huddle” segment, asking members of UCLA’s men’s basketball team a series of questions, including whether they are Team Jacob or Team Edward.

Out of Bounds with Daily Bruin Sports airs Mondays at 6:30 p.m. on UCLAradio.com.

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Long Story Short – Feb. 6, 2012

Feb. 6, 2011 “”mdash; Ethnomusicology Professor Anthony Seeger is retiring at the end of the winter quarter. Before coming to UCLA, he was in Brazil, studying the music of the Suya Indians. In an interview, he discussed the role that their music plays in a non-capitalist society without clocks or calendars. Then Daily Bruin Film and TV editor Spencer Pratt joins us to share his views on the films nominated for the 2012 Academy Awards.

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