Saturday, May 16

AFSCME Local 3299 announces indefinite strike to begin May 14

This post was updated April 16 at 10:34 p.m. A union representing about 40,000 UC employees announced Wednesday that it plans to strike indefinitely starting May 14 if the university does not meet its demands. Read more...

Photo: Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 are pictured holding picket signs. The union, which represents about 40,000 UC employees, announced Wednesday that it plans to strike indefinitely starting May 14 if the university does not meet its demands. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)


Former UCLA gynecologist waives retrial to accept guilty plea, 11 year sentence

This post was updated April 14 at 10:51 p.m. Former UCLA gynecologist James Heaps was sentenced to 11 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges including sexual battery.  Heaps was accused of sexually abusing multiple patients during his time as a doctor at UCLA Health. Read more...

Photo: Former UCLA gynecologist James Heaps sits in court during a previous hearing. Heaps was sentenced to 11 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges including sexual battery. (Daily Bruin file photo)




UCLA student organization sponsors state bill targeting digital sexual harassment

A UCLA student organization sponsored a state bill to require California colleges to create policies that address technology-facilitated sexual harassment. The bill, if passed, would require California community colleges, California State University and the UC to provide students who have digitally generated sexually explicit materials made of them with funds of up to $1,000 to help them identify and remove the material. Read more...

Photo: Murphy Hall, where UCLA’s Title IX office is located is pictured. A UCLA student organization sponsored a state bill to require California colleges to create policies that address technology-facilitated sexual harassment. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Some UC language programs are getting moved online. These professors aren’t happy.

This post was updated April 10 at 1:00 a.m. The UC implemented a virtual language education initiative in January, sparking pushback from instructors amid language program cuts. Read more...

Photo: The website for the Global Language Network is displayed on a laptop. The virtual language education initiative has sparked concern among UC instructors. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin staff)


UC Regents hear public comment on international students, union negotiations

This post was updated March 24 at 9:07 a.m. UC community members called on the University to support basic needs initiatives, repatriate Indigenous cultural items and restore funding for certain academic support programs at the UC Board of Regents’ March meeting. Read more...

Photo: UC President James Milliken and UC Board of Regents’s Chair Janet Reilly are pictured at UC San Francisco. UC community members called on the University to support basic needs initiatives, repatriate Indigenous cultural items and restore certain academic support programs at the UC Board of Regents’s March meeting (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)