The University of California’s first social media fundraising campaign ended Thursday with a total of more than $1.3 million in donations and mixed reactions from participants. The UC campaign, called “Promise for Education,” raised money for need-based grants and scholarships for undergraduate students from California.The campaign was an effort to make up for budget cuts […]
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Workers union authorizes strike against UC labor practices
Members of a union representing more than 22,000 University of California workers voted this week to authorize a strike to protest what they said are unfair UC labor practices, according to a statement from the union released Friday. About 96 percent of members who voted from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees […]
ASUCLA considers proposal to install sleep pods
The Associated Students UCLA Board of Directors is currently considering a proposal to install between seven and 11 sleep pods in Ackerman Union – a plan that has provoked mixed reactions from the UCLA community. If approved by the board, sealed, cylindrical nap spaces would replace the lounge and pool table on the third floor […]
UCLA guard Isaac Hamilton ineligible for 2013-2014 season
Freshman guard Isaac Hamilton’s National Letter of Intent appeal has been denied, UCLA Athletics announced in a statement today. As a result, the 6-foot-5 freshman will not be able to play for the UCLA men’s basketball team during the 2013-2014 season, allowing him to return as a sophomore for the team’s 2014-2015 season.
Students rally to support student and worker rights
About 20 undergraduate and graduate students carried a coffin around campus on Wednesday to symbolically mourn what they called the “death” of student and workers rights at the University of California. The demonstrators protested past tuition hikes, increased class sizes and pay cuts for UC workers, among other issues. They also protested the recent appointment […]
LAFD treats recent fires in Westood as criminal investigation
A blaze that scorched several of the bottom floors of a local apartment building is one of several recent Westwood fires that officials are investigating as arsons. The Los Angeles Fire Department Arson Unit is investigating two incidents on Midvale Avenue near Strathmore Drive – one on Monday and one on Saturday – according to […]
Dean of UCLA’s public health school inducted to Institute of Medicine
Jody Heymann began to better understand the relationship between working conditions and health while working in a fishery in Tanzania as a Peace Corps volunteer. “I met families where a parent had recurrent malaria, and they were not well enough to take care of their kids,” she said. “I met families whose working conditions affected […]