This post was updated on Nov. 18 at 6:30 p.m. More than 150 students marched through campus and held a sit-in at the chancellor’s office Tuesday to protest a recent University proposal that could raise tuition by up to 5 percent annually for the next five years. Read more...
Photo: Students protest proposed tuition hikes in front of Powell Library. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
The undergraduate student government will vote Tuesday night on a resolution calling for the University of California to divest from several American companies that some say profit from human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza. Read more...
UCLA is finishing up installing new access card readers in residence halls, causing mixed reactions among students. Students with new BruinCards can tap them on the new card readers to enter the residence halls, instead of swiping. Read more...
Photo: Shirley Lin, a second-year nursing student, swipes her card at one of the access stations on the Hill. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
UCLA has the sixth largest population of international students enrolled at its campus, according to a report published Monday by an independent nonprofit organization. The Open Doors Report showed that UCLA has admitted about 9,580 international students for the 2013-2014 academic year, an increase of 13.7 percent from last year. Read more...
Derek Herrera was in combat when a sniper’s bullet struck him on a Special Operations mission in Afghanistan in June 2012. “It’s inherently risky what we do (in the military),” Herrera said. Read more...
Photo: Derek Herrera, a second-year student in the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s executive business program, planned to be a career Marine until it was no longer possible because of an injury. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
The University of California Board of Regents will discuss a range of topics at its bimonthly meeting held at the Mission Bay campus of UC San Francisco from Nov. Read more...
University of California students continue to pay more of the cost of their individual education, as the amount the University spends per student continues to slide while tuition and fees rise. Read more...
