Sunday, May 25

Chancellor Block addresses issues including diversity, Napolitano’s visit

Every quarter, the Daily Bruin editorial board meets with Chancellor Gene Block to discuss issues affecting campus and to better understand university policy. On Friday, the board held its fall meeting with Block and covered issues ranging from campus diversity, University of California President Janet Napolitano’s visit to campus and recent campus protests advocating for and against affirmative action. Read more...

Photo: Chancellor Gene Block talks to Daily Bruin Editor-in-Chief Jillian Beck at Friday’s meeting with the Daily Bruin editorial board.



Undocumented student motivated by legal inadequacies

Vlad Stoicescu-Ghica crams his schedule with jobs and internships on his quest to become an attorney like his mother used to be in his home country of Romania. Read more...

Photo: Vlad Stoicescu-Ghica, a third-year political science student, is one of approximately 900 undocumented students in the University of California system. Motivated by the inadequacies in the legal system he and his family faced after moving from Romania, he hopes to become an attorney.





New plan aims to improve transparency in club financing

Undergraduate student government officials are tightening their auditing policies to make sure student groups spend funds allocated to them more efficiently. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Finance Committee will now require student groups who receive USAC contingency programming funding to report how they use the money, said Cynthia Jasso, chair of the Finance Committee. Read more...



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