Sunday, April 19

UC Board of Regents votes to increase nonresident tuition by $762 per year

The University of California Board of Regents voted to increase nonresident student tuition by $762 per year Thursday. The UC Board of Regents voted 12-6 in favor of increasing nonresident supplemental tuition by 2.6% on the third day of its May meeting at UC San Francisco. Read more...

Photo: The UC Board of Regents voted to increase nonresident student supplemental tuition by 2.6% on the third day of its May meeting at UC San Francisco. The board tabled the vote in March after the council failed to come to a consensus regarding the tuition hike and its potential impact on international students. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)


Nursing lecturer delivers last lecture on death, terminal illnesses of loved ones

Barbara Demman said she and her husband created a catchphrase while working with dying patients. As her class gathered for a group photo after her last lecture of the year, she said one of her students shouted it before the flash. Read more...

Photo: Barbara Demman was chosen by students as the winner of the My Last Lecture Award from the UCLA Alumni Scholars’ Club. She discussed coming to terms with death in her lecture. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)



Health insurance insecurity, labor outsourcing among union’s concerns in strike

Oralia Palma, a medical assistant and union member, said she was recently diagnosed with lupus. When she responded poorly to generic brand medication, she tried to switch brands but found her UCLA-provided insurance would not cover the expense. Read more...

Photo: The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 went on strike Thursday to protest insurance insecurity and temporary laborer outsourcing. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Regents recap – May 15

The governing board of the University of California met for the second day of its May meeting at UC San Francisco on Wednesday. The Board of Regents discussed a systemwide audit of the admissions process, raised Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition at UC Berkeley and discussed LGBTQ initiatives across the UC. Read more...

Photo: The University of California Board of Regents met for the second day of its May meeting and discussed a system-wide audit of the admissions process, raised Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition at UC Berkeley and discussed LGBTQ initiatives across the UC. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Anthropology guest lecturer accused by students of encouraging anti-Semitism

Students said they think a guest lecturer for an anthropology class promoted anti-Semitic ideas Tuesday. Rabab Abdulhadi, an Arab and Muslim ethnicities studies professor at San Francisco State University, delivered a guest lecture to roughly 100 students in Anthropology M144P: “Constructing Race,” which focuses on race and racism and is taught by Kyeyoung Park, an associate professor of anthropology and Asian American studies at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: During a lecture in the Fowler Museum, Rabab Abdulhadi, an Arab and Muslim ethnicities studies professor at San Francisco State University, and students argued about the contents of Abdulhadi’s lecture. Abdulhadi said Zionism is linked to white supremacy. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)