Thursday, August 20

In the news:

Bruin Diversity Initiative receives surplus of signatures, garners consideration for spring ballot

During a rally at noon today, backers of the Bruin Diversity Referendum handed off about 5,000 signatures to an undergraduate student government election official, the next step in the process for adding an initiative on the ballot. Read more...

Photo: About 50 students gathered in front of Kerckhoff Hall Wednesday, as backers of the Bruin Diversity Initiative handed off about 5,000 signatures to an undergraduate student government election official.







UC looks to reduce carbon emissions, comply with cap and trade policies

The original version of this article contained multiple errors and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The University of California is currently looking to reduce its carbon emissions – beyond reductions it has undertaken on its own – to comply with a recently implemented state policy that aims to help bring California’s greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Read more...