Gov. Jerry Brown's tax measure for November's ballot could generate lower-than-anticipated revenue for the state, according to an analysis released by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office Wednesday. Read more...
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January 12, 1:15 am
LAO reports that Department of Finance overestimated revenue from Gov. Brown's tax measure
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January 12, 1:12 am
From 'professor' to knighted 'sir': UCLA’s Bob Foster is honored by Finland
Bob Foster did not expect anything unusual when he attended a ceremony at the Finnish Consulate General's Los Angeles residence in December. Read more...
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Professor Bob Foster was knighted last year in Finland for his work with the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
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January 12, 1:10 am
The happiest club on earth
Matthew Friedman danced with Roger Rabbit in a Disneyland parade at age 7 and has held an annual pass since the age of 4. Read more...
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First-year mechanical engineering student Matthew Friedman, left, and fourth-year Spanish and global studies student Steven Sterrett started the first-ever Disney Club at UCLA last quarter. Meetings consist of watching Disney movies and discussing their background and stories.
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January 12, 1:07 am
Furcrae macdougalii, a rare bloom in UCLA's Botanical Garden
A flower, roughly 30 feet in height, slowly emerged through a cluster of trees last fall in the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden. Read more...
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The rare plant from Oaxaca, Mexico, growing in the Botanical Garden is only expected to live one year.
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January 12, 1:04 am
Mail delivery likely to become slower as U.S. Postal Service plans cuts
College students looking to send last-minute internship or graduate school applications will now have to think ahead, as the United States Postal Service recently announced plans to cut next-day service for first-class mail. Read more...
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Tomislav Zbozinek, a psychology department research coordinator, drops off a letter at the mailbox located in the Ackerman Union’s post office.
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January 11, 12:51 am
Former UCLA Chancellor Charles Young fighting to overturn Proposition 13 in court
The year was 1978. Voters re-elected Jerry Brown as governor; University of California students paid $671 in tuition; and Charles Young was UCLA's chancellor. That June, Proposition 13 passed with the primary aim of reducing and capping property taxes, which were dramatically increasing as the real estate market boomed. Read more...
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Former UCLA Chancellor Charles E. Young is part of a lawsuit to overturn Proposition 13 on state constitutional grounds. Young was chancellor of UCLA from 1968 to 1997. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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January 11, 12:45 am
UCLA to offer American Sign Language classes
Stephanie Gilbert taught herself sign language through online videos. Gilbert, a fourth-year psychobiology student, wanted to learn how to sign so she could better communicate with the elderly and the deaf community. Her schools, however, did not offer a formal class, which forced her to learn on her own. Read more...
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Stephanie Gilbert learned American Sign Language through online videos before it was offered as a foreign language at UCLA.