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February 28, 1:10 am

Congress to review Trump’s military spending, budget proposals

President Donald Trump released a preliminary plan Monday in which he proposed increasing military spending by $54 billion, a 10 percent increase. The increase would be offset by spending cuts to other programs, departments and agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency and foreign aid, according to The New York Times. Read more...

Photo: President Donald Trump proposed increasing military spending by $54 billion Monday and cutting funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, foreign aid and the State Department, among others. (Creative Commons photo by Gage Skidmore via flickr)

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February 28, 1:03 am

Student startup Flux charged for future with portable battery

A Bolivian student at UCLA said entrepreneurship in Bolivia is more difficult than in the U.S. where he has now co-founded a successful portable phone charger company. Read more...

Photo: Flux co-founders Alejandro Rioja and Miles Anthony developed a battery charger startup in 2015 that has become a successful company with the help of fellow students Kate Anoufrieva and Max Bronstein. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)

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February 26, 11:35 pm

Project Concern International holds fast to raise awareness for global hunger

A group of students fasted in solidarity with hungry peoples around the world at an event on the Hill on Sunday. The event “Go Hungry for the Hungry” was co-sponsored by the UCLA branch of Project Concern International and UCLA Residential Life. Read more...

Photo: Ashley Dittmar from Project Concern International spoke about the effects of world hunger to those gathered for the fasting event, which was intended to raise awareness and show solidarity for those suffering from hunger worldwide. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)

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February 23, 10:22 pm

Q&A: Alum’s new app encourages users to read across political spectrum

UCLA School of Law alumnus Nick Lum said that in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, he noticed the existence of information-sharing bubbles around certain groups of people, like around universities or middle America. Read more...

Photo: Nick Lum, a UCLA School of Law alumnus, created an app that makes it easier for users to find news from opposite sides of the political spectrum. (Courtesy of Nick Lum)

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February 23, 10:04 pm

TA shortage requires graduate students to teach outside departments

Some graduate students teach undergraduate courses outside of their departments because of a shortage in teaching assistants. There has been a teaching assistant shortage in divisions like life sciences and physical sciences because the undergraduate student population has increased faster than the graduate student population over the past few years, said Victoria Sork, dean of the life sciences division. Read more...

Photo: Kelsi Rutledge, an ecology and evolutionary biology graduate student, teaches a lab for Life Sciences 1: “Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity.” The life sciences division has recruited graduate students outside of the department to teach undergraduate students as well. (Angelina Ruiz/Daily Bruin)


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