The Armenian Students’ Association held a town hall Thursday to educate students about and receive feedback on a resolution it plans to bring to the undergraduate student government calling for the University of California Board of Regents to divest from the Republic of Turkey. From 1915 until 1923, Turkish authorities massacred about 1.5 million Armenians […]
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Discrimination prevention officers to bring legal expertise to UCLA
More than a year after an internal report urged UCLA to better address discrimination on campus, two new officers are starting to examine the university’s discrimination policies for faculty and reach out to members of the campus community. By the end of the school year, Discrimination Prevention Officers Lillie Hsu and Dion Raymond – both […]
State senator proposes amendment to strip UC’s constitutional autonomy
A California state senator proposed a state constitutional amendment Wednesday that would strip the University of California of its autonomy from the state. The amendment from Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) would allow the state Legislature to give itself powers to control the UC more closely, such as the ability to veto any of the […]
Senate Democrats propose plan to keep in-state UC tuition flat
This article was updated at 8:59 p.m. California Senate Democrats proposed Tuesday that the University of California increase its nonresident supplemental tuition by 17 percent for next year and up its enrollment by 5,000 students while keeping in-state tuition flat. The proposal comes after the UC Board of Regents passed a policy in November that would increase tuition by […]
USAC to vote on resolution voicing no confidence in Napolitano, regents
Undergraduate student government officers will vote Tuesday on a resolution expressing no confidence in University of California President Janet Napolitano and the UC Board of Regents.
UCLA students organize campaign boycotting Wal-Mart on Black Friday
Dozens of UCLA students boycotted and urged others to boycott Wal-Mart on Black Friday, calling for the corporation to pay its workers higher wages and give them better benefits. In a social media campaign, students posted photos online holding signs that read “End corporate greed” and “People over profit,” among other messages, in Kerckhoff Hall […]
UCLA loses to Stanford 31-10, falls out of Pac-12 title race
PASADENA—Needing a win over a 6-5 Stanford team playing without its best offensive player to clinch the Pac-12 South title, No. 8 UCLA was widely picked by experts to cruise to a win. Instead, the Bruins were faced with adversity. After tumbling to an 11-point halftime deficit, UCLA continued to slide in the second half, […]