Student leaders and experts said they think a new federal tax law that goes into effect this month does not impact students as negatively as previously proposed tax bills. Read more...
Photo: Graduate students protested against a previous version of the tax bill for treating graduate studetns’ tuition waivers as taxable income, which is not included in the final version of the bill. (Anthony Ismail/Daily Bruin)
Some parents of students at the UCLA Lab School said they are frustrated over the UCLA administration’s decision to put the school’s principal on indefinite leave without prior notice. Read more...
Photo: Parents of students at the UCLA Lab School said they are frustrated that the UCLA administration put Norma Silva, the schools principal, on leave without prior notice. UCLA later announced that Silva will remain in the school and handle certain administrative duties until June. (Andrew Arifin/Daily Bruin)
Below are several major events that happened at UCLA and in the University of California in 2017. Regent Norman Pattiz resignation Norman Pattiz, a member of the University of California Board of Regents, resigned from his position on Dec. Read more...
University of California Regent Norman Pattiz resigned Thursday, following calls from UC student leaders to step down after allegedly sexually harassing a former employee last year. Read more...
Photo: Norman Pattiz announced Thursday he is resigning from the University of California Board of Regents. Pattiz apologized last year for making sexually suggestive comments towards an employee. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Friends remember Brittany Oliva for her selfless attitude and desire to become a math teacher. Oliva, who graduated from UCLA in 2015, died Dec. 11 in a motorcycle accident in Anaheim. Read more...
Photo: Brittany Oliva (left), a UCLA alumna who graduated in 2015, was 26 years old when she died in a motorcycle accident on December 11. (Courtesy of Ann Yufa)
The California State Assemblyman who represents UCLA and Westwood resigned Wednesday due to health issues. Sebastian Ridley-Thomas, who represents the 54th assembly district, said in a statement he is leaving his position after Dec. Read more...
Photo: Sebastian Ridley-Thomas has represented UCLA and Westwood in the California State Assembly since 2013. (Creative Commons photo by Mark Sanchez via Wikimedia Commons)
This post was updated Dec. 20 at 11:51 a.m. Student leaders submitted a petition to create their own neighborhood council for UCLA, Westwood Village and the North Village on Friday. Read more...
Photo: Community members gave feedback to Westwood Forward, a student-led coalition, about its proposal to create a new neighborhood council at a recent town hall meeting. The coalition submitted its application for a new council Friday with 983 signatures from community members. (Ryan Leou/Daily Bruin senior staff)
