UCLA students on the University of California Student Health Insurance Plan may see premium hikes of about 20 percent in the next school year to help pay for an estimated $57 million deficit on the plan, depending on final decisions made by campus chancellors later this year. Read more...
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February 20, 1:43 am
UCLA Housing responds to backpack thefts and tightens storage policy
UCLA Housing and the Office of Residential Life are requiring students to store their belongings in lockers or leave them on metal racks, now located inside the dining halls, in response to a recent string of thefts. Read more...
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February 20, 12:32 am
Suzy Strutner: Tiny hands put protests in larger perspective
I went to Chile with a purpose: to understand why the students there protest their education system. Before leaving, I spent months interviewing professors in offices and sitting at long tables with government researchers and making calls on Skype from my bedroom in Westwood to high school administrators in Santiago. Read more...
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February 20, 12:15 am
Family members, students participate in Chilean protests
In Chile, it is not rare to see tens of thousands of protesters marching through Santiago’s main thoroughfares during a demonstration for education equality. Read more...
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February 20, 12:01 am
Jenna Belhumeur: Chilean Winter, Occupy UC movements not easily connected
While Bridget O’Brien’s career as a journalist began with a story on coffee, my 15-day experience in Chile – made possible by a grant in the Daily Bruin alumna’s name – can be traced back to a coffee table. Read more...
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February 19, 6:42 pm
Former UCLA basketball player Ann Meyers Drysdale to speak at commencement
Ann Meyers Drysdale, a former UCLA basketball player and the first woman to receive a full athletic scholarship at the university, has been chosen as the commencement speaker for the 2013 College of Letters and Science commencement ceremonies. Read more...
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February 19, 2:42 pm
UCLA students protest possible UC SHIP fee increases
A group of about 30 students and workers gathered outside of the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center this afternoon to protest a proposed premium hike and existing lifetime benefit caps for students on the University of California Student Health Insurance Program. Read more...