UCLA is ranked sixth-highest in international student enrollment for the 2010-2011 academic year and third among public universities, according to a recent report. Read more...
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November 18, 1:35 am
Foreign enrollment increases
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November 17, 2:25 am
Legislative Analyst’s Office forecasts another budget cut to UC, lower-than-expected revenue
A $100 million midyear cut to both the University of California and California State University systems is now a strong possibility, based on a revenue forecast released by the nonpartisan California Legislative Analyst's Office Wednesday. Read more...
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November 17, 2:21 am
580 Cafe offers struggling students free food, develops community
Jeanne Roe Smith likes to compare the 580 Cafe on Hilgard Avenue to the TV sitcom "Cheers." The door is always open, the couches are full of students hanging out and the fridge is fully stocked. Unlike "Cheers," however, the food is free "“ no catches, no questions asked, said Smith, the United Methodist campus minister at UCLA. The cafe, housed in St. Read more...
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Third-year mathematics student Adiel Hernandez, left, laughs with fourth-year biochemistry and neuroscience student Barbara Rodriguez and third-year sociology student Alejandra Gutierrez while eating at 580 Cafe.
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November 17, 2:18 am
Gaining ground in comic scene
The improv club is a comic institution: a place to watch funny people perform pre-written sketches and on-the-spot improvised scenes. Read more...
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November 17, 2:16 am
USAC-sponsored World AIDS Day event stresses protection against, awareness of HIV infection
A van parked in Bruin Plaza allowed for quick-stop HIV testing, and student volunteers handed out free condoms as part of a World AIDS Day event on campus Wednesday. Read more...
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Students speak with a representative from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Bruin Plaza during AIDS Awareness Day on Wednesday.
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November 17, 2:14 am
UCLA to put lights out on cigarettes today with ban on smoking around medical facilities
Kevin Williams, a senior custodian at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical center, sat near the bus stop at UCLA Medical Plaza on Monday, smoking a cigarette, aware that it would be one of his last on the medical facility's campus. Beginning today, a policy banning smoking in the medical and health sciences areas of campus, including the medical schools and some life science buildings, will go into effect "“ a process eight months in the making. UCLA is the final member of the University of California system to implement the restrictions. Read more...
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November 17, 2:13 am
Bruin Republicans host Tammy Bruce in effort to add perspective to conservatism
In spite of a 30-minute delay, a crowd of about 60 people remained captive as Tammy Bruce made a late entrance into Moore Hall. Bruce, a conservative radio talk show host, gave a speech titled "How Conservative Politics Empower Women, Gays, and Blacks," put on by Bruin Republicans Wednesday night. Samantha Schutte, president of Bruin Republicans and a third-year political science and economics student, said she thought Bruce's mixed politics could draw a varied crowd and bring a new perspective to the campus. Bruce, who is openly gay, immediately addressed her seemingly contradictory politics when she took to the stage. "I'm not a Michele Bachmann conservative. Read more...
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Bruin Republicans hosted conservative radio talk show host Tammy Bruce.