The University of California Board of Regents approved an 8 percent tution increase Thursday over calls by students, state officials and members of the board to seek longer-term solutions to budget difficulties. Read more...
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November 19, 1:31 am
Regents approve 8 percent tuition increase
Music, News
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November 19, 1:28 am
Bruin Music Tutors offers free lessons to budding musicians at Daniel Webster Middle School
As snippets of songs from clarinets, basses and violins blend and clash, eighth-grader Elida Flores glides her bow across the strings of her instrument. Her tutor, fourth-year psychobiology student Connie Yang, sings the corresponding notes and taps her foot to the beat. Read more...
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Fourth-year psychobiology student Connie Yang, a member of Bruin Music Tutors, teaches eighth-grader Elida Flores the violin at Daniel Webster Middle School.
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November 19, 1:25 am
Students’ visions to revitalize the heart of Bell
BELL "”mdash; Driving into Bell, it isn't apparent where one town ends and the other begins. Read more...
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Dan Caroselli, an urban planning graduate student, presents a proposal for how to improve the heart of Bell at the corner of Atlantic and Gage avenues.
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November 19, 1:20 am
New healthcare plan considered
University of California may merge all its campuses' health care programs into one
November 19, 2010 – Health care has become a contentious issue nation-wide, and now UCLA has a debate of its own. The UC system may soon consolidate individual campuses’ health insurance programs into one system. [3:39]
"University of California may merge all its campuses' health care programs into one"UCLA is considering opting into a University of California-wide health insurance plan for graduate students, a controversial proposal that has some students expressing doubts. Read more...
Campus, News
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November 19, 1:17 am
Bridging classroom and real world
California's Senate took a hundred days to pass the budget, but students in Economics 106A had just 14 days to analyze it. Read more...
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November 19, 12:54 am
Gangs specialists speak at UCLA School of Public Affairs
Connie Rice didn't find her specialty in civil rights law by any normal route. Rice's career as a specialist in gang violence began while she was standing in a designer suit outside a trailer in South Los Angeles, negotiating with gang members. Read more...
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Connie Rice, a lawyer and co-director of the Advancement Project Los Angeles, spoke at the School of Public Affairs about gangs on Thursday.
Campus, News, Student Government
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November 19, 12:50 am
USAC’s plans for on-campus farmers market underway
The first on-campus farmers market will debut in Bruin Plaza during winter or spring quarter pending environmental, fire safety and administrative approval. Read more...