When Jim Mora looks across town at USC, he sees a team enjoying football. Moreover, Mora sees a squad led by the man with the best coaching performance in the Pac-12 this year. The UCLA coach told reporters Tuesday that he selected USC’s interim coach Ed Orgeron as his choice for Pac-12 Coach of the […]
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Student groups sign letter asking USAC to defer stipend increases
Student group leaders plan to present a letter to theundergraduate student government tonight asking councilmembers to defer their stipend increases until next year and pass a bylaw amendment to prevent future councils from raising their own stipends. The letter asks that members of Undergraduate Students Association Council return the stipends they would receive for the […]
UCLA Research Escalator program offers funding workshops
UCLA launched a series of workshops this quarter about funding opportunities and multidisciplinary research to encourage faculty, staff and students to collaborate with people in multiple fields of study. The events, collectively the UCLA Research Escalator program, are part of the recently launched Grand Challenges Initiative, which aims to bring researchers together to help solve […]
Report shows projected $5.6B state budget reserve at end of 2014-2015
California is projected to see a budget reserve of about $5.6 billion at the end of the 2014-2015 fiscal year, money that could be used to support the University of California. The projections were published Wednesday in a report by the Legislative Analyst’s Office, which provides nonpartisan policy analysis for the state and creates annual […]
USAC left with smaller surplus than previous years
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The undergraduate student government will have to work with a smaller amount of funds left over from previous councils than it has in recent years after the 2012-2013 council spent much of its […]
UCLA player arrested for suspected sexual assault released
UCLA football player Torian White was released from custody Tuesday night, following an arrest on suspicion of sexual assault over the weekend.
Students defend professor after sit-in over racial climate
Current and former students in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies expressed their support for professor emeritus Val Rust following a demonstration in one of his graduate classes last Thursday. Student demonstrators alleged that there is a “toxic” racial climate in the graduate school, including in Rust’s classroom. Organizers told the Daily Bruin […]