For the first time in at least 10 years, the UC Board of Regents will round out a year of meetings without a single appearance at a UC undergraduate campus. Read more...
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November 16, 2:33 am
Regents’ last meeting of year to be at UCSF
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November 16, 2:32 am
Anderson considers self-sufficiency
As the UCLA Anderson School of Management prepares to move toward financial self-sufficiency from the state, the school held a town hall meeting with students and faculty on Monday to discuss final pros and cons of the proposal. Read more...
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Anderson School Professor Avanidhar Subrahmanyam discusses the benefits and disadvantages of privatizing Anderson at a town hall meeting on Monday.
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November 15, 1:36 am
Republicans unlikely to pass DREAM Act in lame duck session
On the heels of an extensive Republican victory in the midterm election, there is little hope that a pathway to citizenship for undocumented students will be approved in the near future, two UCLA professors said. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act would provide undocumented students who complete high school an opportunity to obtain citizenship. Read more...
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November 15, 1:34 am
UC Board of Regents’ proposed fee hike spurs dissent among student governments
UCLA student governments are planning events to combat the proposed fee increase by University of California President Mark Yudof. The Undergraduate Students Association Council will hold a phone-banking event on Bruin Walk this week to call members of the UC Board of Regents and urge them to vote against the fee hike. A "study-in" at Powell Library will also be held later tonight, among other events. Read more...
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November 15, 1:33 am
Art, science converge for Fulbright winners
Johanna Reed wants to know how eating pasta makes people feel. To Reed, eating food has always been an emotional experience, and her latest project, making a food opera, was one of several artistic endeavours addressed at a panel on Friday. Hosted by the UCLA Art | Sci Center & Lab, the panel sought to foster the compatibility of art and science by showing how the two are being combined in the world. Read more...
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November 15, 1:32 am
UCLA Dining Services’ website is missing meal facts
UCLA Dining Services first posted nutritional information online in 2008, but some meal items are still missing analysis. In 2008, Dining Services purchased a software system called FoodPro, which calculates the nutritional value of the foods and recipes served on the Hill, said Joanne McGill, assistant director of business services of UCLA Dining Services. Read more...
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November 15, 1:30 am
LGBT Campus Resource Center joins “It Gets Better” video campaign
Sex columnist Dan Savage has a message for all bullied teenagers: It Gets Better. In response to the recent suicides by teenagers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, Savage created the It Gets Better media campaign to give LGBT youths hope that they will have better experiences than the harassment they suffer now and to encourage them not to give up, according to the project's website. Read more...