Incoming first-year undergraduate students are increasingly concerned with the cost of their education, a national survey found. The Cooperative Institutional Research Program Freshman Survey found 55.9 percent of incoming first-year students are at least somewhat concerned with the cost of their education and 13.3 percent have major concerns about financing their education. Read more...
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October 6, 12:40 am
Implementation of UCPath at UCLA, medical services delayed by defects
The University of California Office of the President is delaying implementation of a new payroll system at UCLA and UCLA medical services. UC Payroll, Academic Personnel, Timekeeping and Human Resources project, a uniform center for managing payroll across the UC’s campuses, will now only launch at Associated Students UCLA, UC Merced and UC Riverside, said Scott Waugh, executive vice chancellor and provost, in an email to UCLA faculty and staff Thursday. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Office of the President agreed to delay implementation of the UC’s new payroll system at two locations after discovering defects while testing the system. Only ASUCLA, UC Merced and UC Riverside will implement the system in December. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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October 6, 12:39 am
CNN journalist Lisa Ling leads discussion on sexual education on the Hill
Students grabbed cookies and condoms on their way into an event on sexual education Thursday. Lisa Ling, a CNN journalist, led a discussion on sexual education in U.S. Read more...
Photo: CNN journalist Lisa Ling moderated a panel on the state of sex education in the United States at an event at the Northwest Auditorium on the Hill Thursday. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
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October 6, 12:39 am
Gov. Jerry Brown signs “sanctuary state” bill into law
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Thursday that protects California’s undocumented residents from federal immigration authorities. Senate Bill 54, unofficially known as the “sanctuary state” bill, reduces the extent to which local law enforcement can provide federal authorities with information regarding undocumented immigrants. Read more...
Photo: Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 54 into law Thursday, which will limit state and local law enforcement from sharing undocumented individuals’ information with federal immigration authorities. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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October 6, 12:38 am
ASUCLA expects to lose more than $1M, plans to open more restaurants
This article was updated Oct. 6 at 11:05 a.m. The Associated Students UCLA is expected to lose more than $1 million this year. Robert Williams, ASUCLA’s executive director, said the organization has budgeted a $1,298,000 loss for ASUCLA’s Services and Enterprises entity this fiscal year because of decreasing textbook sales and growing labor costs. Read more...
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October 4, 10:56 pm
UCLA, schools nationwide raise money for Puerto Rico’s disaster relief
Aura Cruz Heredia could not get in contact with her family in Puerto Rico for about a week after a hurricane struck the island last month. Read more...
Photo: Aura Cruz Heredia’s brother José Cruz Heredia stands before a fallen tree. Because of the hurricane, Heredia could not get in contact with her family in Puerto Rico for about a week. (Courtesy of Luis José Cruz)
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October 4, 10:53 pm
UCLA economics department to launch concentrations in undergrad major
Economics students will soon be able to specialize their education by enrolling in a concentration that focuses on a particular goal or academic interest. The economics department is launching concentrations this quarter, which will be optional and consist of sets of suggested upper division courses that students in the department can take to focus on a specific area of economics, according to the department’s website. Read more...
Photo: Bunche hall serves as the home of the economics department, which will introduce a set of concentrations this quarter. (Daily Bruin file photo)