Sunday, August 23

In the news:

Passage of Prop. 30 blocks immediate cuts to UC

California voters narrowly passed Proposition 30, election officials announced Wednesday morning "“ preventing the University of California system from undergoing immediate funding cuts and decreasing the likelihood of significant tuition increases this school year. Read more...



UCLA center offers hyperbaric oxygen healing

About a dozen patients, each wearing a thin clear hood, sat under dim lights within a large cylindrical chamber. Read more...

Photo:

Joey Knox, a technician at the UCLA Gonda Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, puts on an oxygen bubble over patient Jody Glasser, who is currently being treated for damaged blood vessels incurred during radiation therapy for cancer.





List mix-up causes students to cast provisional ballots in LA County

Lists of registered voters at election sites around Westwood on Tuesday were missing names of some students who said they registered to vote before the Oct. 22 deadline. Those students had to cast provisional ballots, which will be counted today. Read more...

Photo:

Jack Cramer, a second-year undeclared student, pulls out a chair and some homework as he waits to cast his vote at the polling center in Rieber Hall Tuesday night.