Saturday, May 2

University of California Student Association meets at UCLA to discuss lobbying for DREAM Act, future of tuition for UC

On the heels of a recent victory for the California DREAM Act and threats of tuition hikes, board members of the University of California Student Association met at UCLA this weekend to discuss ramping up visibility for student advocacy efforts. Read more...

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Gilberto Soria, left, UCSA legislative liason and legislative committee chair, discusses UCSA advocacy issues with fourth-year psychobiology student Cristopher Santos, the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s external vice president.


App from UCLA team prevails in Facebook’s first SoCal Camp Hackathon

At Facebook's first SoCal Camp Hackathon competition this weekend, a team of UCLA computer science students spent 24 hours building an application that involves video conferencing and drawing on a shared canvas. Read more...

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Student participants in the Facebook SoCal Camp Hackathon work to develop apps within a 24-hour time limit. The competition took place in De Neve Plaza.
(Courtesy of Jenae Replogle)