Thursday, August 6

USAC passes resolution supporting federal loan legislation

The undergraduate student government unanimously passed a resolution urging the speedy passage of three pieces of federal student loan legislative. The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted to show its support of bills HR 1713, S 793 and S 729, which would enact an employer-student repayment plan that gives employers tax credit for helping pay off employees’ student loans, adjust federal and private loans to current interest rates and amend the bankruptcy code to allow students to more easily discharge student loans. Read more...

Photo: The undergraduate student government unanimously passed a resolution urging the speedy passage of three pieces of federal student loan legislative. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Grad student ignites entrepreneurial passion in marijuana research

In June, Jeffrey Chen met a mother whose child has a rare form of epilepsy. He was shocked to hear her child’s symptoms nearly disappeared after he began to use medical marijuana. Read more...

Photo: Jeffrey Chen took a leave of absence from his dual studies in management and medicine to create a nonprofit organization, the National Institute of Cannabinoid Research. (Alejandra Reyes-Velarde/Daily Bruin senior staff)




Undocumented students call on UC to address unfulfilled commitments

Undocumented students from different University of California campuses assembled Monday outside the UC Office of the President in Oakland to express their frustration about what they called a failure to address issues that affect undocumented students. Read more...

Photo: About 30 undocumented responded to the University’s lack of support for undocumented in front of the UC Office of the President in Oakland on Monday. (Courtesy of Fernando Antunez)


Alumni develop emergency notification app as alternative to BruinAlert

Two UCLA alumni created a mobile application last year that aims to improve the efficiency of emergency notifications in communities and address response time, relevancy and other technological limitations of other similar programs. Read more...

Photo: Alumni created MassKnowtify, an app that would work similarly to BruinAlert to more quickly notify students of crime based on location. (Nick Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)