The graduate student government announced Wednesday the three candidates hoping to fill the vice president of internal affairs seat. Heidi Alexander, Milan Chatterjee and Matthew FitzGerald are running for the position. Each candidate had to be nominated by at least 50 graduate students. Alexander, a graduate student in the UCLA School of the Arts and […]
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Students express frustration over proposed UC tuition hikes
Students and state officials voiced shock and discontent at the University of California’s recent proposal to increase tuition over the next five years, some claiming they were not adequately consulted in the process.
Proposition 47 and Republican Senate takeover raise mixed emotions
Tuesday’s midterm election brought mixed emotions from UCLA students and community members about the Republican takeover of the Senate, as well as excitement from student leaders over the passage of Proposition 47 in California. Across campus, many students involved in student government responded with strong words in support of the passage of California’s Proposition 47, […]
Low student voter turnout in midterm election mirrors statewide trend
As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, about 20 people had voted in Hedrick Hall Fireside Lounge at a polling booth manned by 10 poll workers. “Five of those votes came from us,” said James Cevallos, a second-year neuroscience student and inspector at the voting booth at Hedrick Hall Fireside Lounge. A building away, several students walking […]
Graduate students voice opposition to union’s divestment resolution
Some graduate student workers at the University of California are petitioning against a divestment resolution proposed by union leaders. On Oct. 18, the joint council of United Auto Workers Local 2865, which represents graduate student workers at the UC, agreed to submit a resolution calling for the UC and UAW International to divest from several […]
Man climbs onto second-floor balcony, enters UCLA student apartment
A man entered a UCLA student apartment Saturday evening after climbing onto the second-floor balcony, university police said. The student inside saw the man shine a flashlight into her room at the Keystone/Mentone Apartments about 4 miles southeast of campus before he entered about 9:45 p.m., according to a UCPD statement. The man then fled […]
The Daily Bruin wins award for nation’s best daily college newspaper
The Daily Bruin won a Pacemaker Saturday for the nation’s best daily college newspaper. Pacemaker awards, considered the most prestigious honor in college journalism, are based on a paper’s content, reporting, design and art, among other factors. It was the first time in three years that The Bruin won the award in the daily, four-year […]