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New UCLA Library program will begin digitizing cultural items for preservation

A new conservation initiative at UCLA Library will help digitize at-risk cultural items and share them on a UCLA-hosted website. UCLA Library announced Oct. 9 the creation of Documenting Global Voices, a program that aims to preserve endangered symbolic materials of cultures. Read more...

Photo: Documenting Global Voices will identify, fund and collaborate with international organizations that lack the necessary infrastructure and resources to preserve cultural heritage objects. (Daily Bruin file photo)



AFSCME Local 3299 releases dates for patient care workers’ systemwide strike

University of California patient care workers and service workers announced a systemwide strike this month. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 issued Friday that patient care technical workers will walk out Oct. Read more...

Photo: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 issued a press release Friday announcing patient care technical workers will walk out Oct. 23 to Oct. 25. (Jenna Nicole Smith/Daily Bruin)


AFSCME patient care workers plan strike against new employment terms

A University of California patient care worker union voted to authorize a strike. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 patient care technical workers voted with 96 percent support to authorize the strike, according to an AFSCME news release. Read more...

Photo: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 patient care technical workers voted with 96 percent support to authorize the strike. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)


’10 Questions’ series’ lecture on time waxes artistic, musical and historical

The “10 Questions” lecture series, which will address a different question each week, doubles as a course for students and a panel open to the public. Read more...

Photo: “For college students, time is oppressive and controlling. (This event) allows you to step outside that and think about people from different places and cultures,” said Asma Sayeed, a scholar of Islamic studies. (Courtesy of Hannah Burnett/UCLA Arts)


USAC recap – Oct. 9

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...

Photo: On-Campus Housing Council said its constitution was modified without consulting student officers or students at Tuesday’s USAC meeting. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)


Gov. Brown vetoes bill to introduce medication abortion pills to state campuses

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Sept. 30 which would have mandated access to abortion pills on public university campuses. Senate Bill 320 would have guaranteed students at the University of California and California State University access to medication abortions in student health centers. Read more...

Photo: Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Sept. 30 which would have mandated access to abortion pills on public university campuses. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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