The University of California has increased enrollment of international and out-of-state students in recent years to boost revenue, but state officials are advocating for the University to cap nonresident enrollment and prioritize in-state students in its admissions processes. The Board of Regents, as it discusses Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget and a commission report calling for […]
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Bruins follow up Mid-City school volunteer project in spirit of MLK Jr. Day
Jungle murals of snakes and butterflies populating a deep blue sky encircled half the playground at Queen Anne Elementary School in Mid-City. With brushes and signature blue T-shirts, about 60 UCLA volunteers visited the school to finish a project the UCLA Volunteer Center started earlier this year. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, […]
Westwood Neighborhood Council approves design for new fraternity house
The Westwood Neighborhood Council approved a possible design Wednesday for a new fraternity house on Gayley Avenue, the latest step in the multiple-year project to develop the empty lot. The house will be built at the site of the old Zeta Psi fraternity house, 611 Gayley Ave., which has been uninhabited since 2005. In the […]
North Village heavily ticketed for parking during street sweeping hours
Kelton Avenue is empty and quiet at 8 a.m. on a Friday morning. But in Westwood, this is one of the busiest times for city parking enforcement. Over the course of half an hour, a parking official patrols the street twice, and 15 cars parked along the two-block stretch of road are flagged with white […]
UCRP’s unfunded liability proves burdensome to employees, taxpayers
The University of California Retirement Plan, long-touted as a vital benefit received through UC employment, has become a strain on the University’s financial health and a backseat driver of the system’s fiscal policy. The pension plan ranks among the top 50 largest pension funds in the world, controlling more than $50 billion in assets and […]
University of California Students Association passes no confidence resolution
The University of California Student Association passed a resolution Sunday conveying their lack of confidence in the UC Board of Regents and UC President Janet Napolitano. The vote, which took place at a UCSA Board of Directors meeting in UC Santa Cruz, comes after UCLA’s student government passed a similar resolution in December, along with […]
New MyUCLA feature gives students option of adding preferred name
A feature added to MyUCLA last week allows students to give UCLA their preferred name, which will then appear on some academic student records. The feature, which was added under “Settings” on MyUCLA, lets students request that a preferred name, a name chosen by the student that differs from his or her legal name, be […]