Sarah Bundogji woke up at 3:40 a.m. and ate her suhoor, or pre-dawn meal, alone. The UCLA alumna celebrated the first days of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, for the first time away from her home in Orange County as she finished up her last summer classes. Read more...
Photo: Muslim students gather in the basement of the Student Activities Center to pray and break their fasts together. (Evaneet Sidhu/Daily Bruin)
For much of the 1970s, students at the University of California paid about $600 a year. Tuition has increased significantly over past few decades, leading to numerous protests, especially after an almost 18 percent tuition increase in the 2011-2012 academic year. Read more...
The undergraduate student government appointed next year’s Election Board chair on time at its meeting on Tuesday. The newly appointed chair, Shagun Kabra, a third-year mathematics/economics student, will oversee both the regular spring USAC election and a special election in the fall for the transfer student representative and general representative positions. Read more...
Photo: Shagun Kabra, a third-year mathematics/economics student, was selected as the Election Board chair by the Undergraduate Students Association Council. (Courtesy of Shagun Kabra)
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Five years ago, Marleney* found herself at the doorstep of a pink, two-story building in Santa Monica, reluctant and apprehensive. She had been sent to Stuart House for a required year of therapy, after her high school counselor discovered she had suffered from nearly three years of sexual abuse by her father. Read more...
Photo: Dr. Corina Constantin is one of the psychologists who works at Stuart House, a UCLA-operated facility to provide treatment for child and adolescent survivors of sexual assault. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin)
As college students rack up a record amount of debt, the federal government in recent months has been trying to ease the burden for students by increasing the accessibility of an income-based repayment plan. Read more...
