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Campus, News
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February 23, 11:35 pm
School of music increases funding for community college transfer scholarships
The Herb Alpert Foundation added $50,000 to the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s annual scholarship fund to make the transfer process from Los Angeles City College easier, according to a university press release. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music annual scholarship fund will receive $50,000 from the Herb Alpert Foundation to make the transfer process from Los Angeles City College easier.(Daily Bruin file photo)
Athletics News, Campus, News, Sports
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February 22, 3:09 pm
UCLA parent pleads guilty to charges in college admissions scandal
A woman pleaded guilty in a federal court Friday for paying to get her son admitted to UCLA as an athletic recruit. Xiaoning Sui, a 49-year-old Chinese national and Canadian resident, pleaded guilty to planning to pay $400,000 to William Singer, the organizer of the 2019 college admissions scandal, to have her son admitted to UCLA as a soccer recruit, even though he did not have any competitive experience. Read more...
Photo: Xiaoning Sui pleaded guilty in federal court Friday for paying William Singer, the organizer of the 2019 college admissions scandal, to have her son admitted to UCLA as an athletic recruit. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A Closer Look, Campus, News
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February 21, 12:55 am
UCLA students work with nonprofits to make positive impacts using technology
A student technology organization is helping nonprofits improve the lives of the Los Angeles homeless population and community college students. Nova is a student club with just a dozen members that develops apps for nonprofits in order to have a positive social impact. Read more...
Photo: Nova at UCLA, a student technology organization, makes mobile applications for nonprofits. Students in the club said they wanted to find a way to use their expertise to help the community. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
Campus, National, News
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February 21, 12:41 am
Bruin Republicans, Bruin Democrats face off at quarterly UCLA CrossFire debate
Representatives from the Bruin Republicans and Bruin Democrats debated topical political issues at the quarterly UCLA CrossFire debate hosted by the Bruin Political Union. Moderators of the event, which drew more than 100 students to De Neve Plaza, asked representatives about gun control, wealth inequality and US-Iran relations, drawing from the policies of Donald Trump’s presidency and those proposed by Democratic presidential candidates. Read more...
Photo: Sanjay Verma, a first-year computational and applied mathematics student from the Bruin Democrats (left), and Michelle Ohanian, policy director for Bruin Republicans and a fourth-year history student (right), participated in a nonpartisan debate hosted by the Bruin Political Union Thursday. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
Campus, Los Angeles, News, Transportation, Westwood
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February 20, 1:08 am
Upgrades to LA Metro’s bus system could provide faster travel times for students
Getting around Los Angeles may become quicker and easier for some UCLA students, according to drafts of planned changes to Metro’s bus system. Los Angeles Metro released draft proposals of changes to its bus network Feb. Read more...
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February 20, 1:05 am
UCLA grad students rally in support of UCSC TAs striking for affordable wages
UCLA graduate students rallied Wednesday in solidarity with graduate student strikers at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The Ucla4Cola organization rallied in the Court of Sciences, with dozens of students and faculty members gathering in solidarity with student strikers at UCSC. Read more...
Photo: Hannah Appel, an assistant professor of anthropology at UCLA, tells protesting graduate students that almost 100 faculty members signed a letter of nonretaliation for withholding grades. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)