Three Chilean student organizers will speak at UCLA on Wednesday to advocate for social revolution and access to free education. The Student Collective Against Labor Exploitation, or SCALE, will host Gabriel Gac, Pablo Silva and Melissa Feritto, anarchist student organizers who have participated in a series of Chilean student protests in recent years. The three […]
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Chancellor calls for diversity-related GE by end of 2014
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block called on faculty to establish a diversity-related general education requirement by the end of 2014, on Monday in an email to the campus community. For more than 25 years, some students and faculty members have pushed for the creation of an undergraduate academic requirement that would educate students about different cultures in […]
UC Berkeley passes bill after UCLA, USC receive offensive fliers
The undergraduate student government at University of California, Berkeley, passed a bill Wednesday in support of Asian Pacific Islander communities at UCLA and USC, after Asian American departments at both campuses received racist and sexist fliers earlier this month, according to the Daily Californian. Nearly three weeks ago, UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center and USC’s […]
California Budget Project says state should invest more in UC
A public policy research group recently said the state should invest more in its public higher education institutions, despite an increased funding level in the governor’s proposed budget. In its annual briefing conference of the governor’s budget proposal Wednesday, the California Budget Project said the governor’s budget for 2014-2015 focuses on fiscal sustainability, including paying […]
UCLA CTO distributes lottery tickets for Clinton speech
Hundreds of students in line to get tickets to see Hillary Clinton speak on campus in March formed a mob early Wednesday morning.
UCLA baseball capitalizes on errors for win against CSU Northridge
For UCLA baseball, Tuesday night at Jackie Robinson Stadium was a night of firsts. The No. 12 Bruins played their first midweek game of season, defeating the Cal State Northridge Matadors 7-1, with freshman pitcher Grant Dyer making his first collegiate start. “I wasn’t nervous. … I wasn’t scared or anything, but I was excited […]
Week of action calls for Prop. 13 reform
UCLA student leaders are calling for the reform of California’s property tax system, which they believe could help bring in millions of dollars for the University of California, through a week of action on campus as part of a larger UC campaign. In 1978, California voters passed Proposition 13, which limited property taxes for homeowners […]