Friday, October 16

GSA fights UC Board of Regents’ proposed fee increase

The graduate student government is working with a UC student advocacy organization to fight against a potential fee increase for graduate students in certain programs. The UC professional degree supplemental tuition, also known as PDST, is a fee students in certain professional programs, such as dentistry and public health, have to pay. Read more...





Parents experience college life in UCLA during Bruin Family Weekend

Rolando Morales smiled at his daughter and observed the grandeur of Kerckhoff patio and Moore Hall. Morales wanted to attend UCLA after high school, but did not have the resources, he said. Read more...

Photo: Three-year-old Bennett Hively and his mother played with the Bruin statue in Bruin Plaza outside Ackerman Student Union during Bruin Family Weekend held at UCLA. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin)


UC Berkeley Greek life council bans parties after sexual assault reports

Fraternities and sororities at the University of California, Berkeley banned all parties Tuesday. The UC Berkeley Interfraternity Council announced the ban in a Facebook post after two women reported sexual assault incidents at different fraternity social events on Oct. Read more...

Photo: Fraternities and sororities at the University of California, Berkeley banned parties Tuesday after two reported incidents of sexual assault. (Creative Commons Photo by Jay Cross via Flickr)