Thursday, February 19

UC employees protest, demand higher wage increase

UCLA clerical employees protested outside the UCLA Wilshire Center on Wednesday against what they called a low proposed wage increase. About 200 members of Teamsters Local 2010, a union that represents around 14,000 University of California clerical, administrative and support staff, called the 1.5 percent increase unacceptable. Read more...

Photo: UCLA clerical employees protested outside the UCLA Wilshire Center on Wednesday against a low proposed wage increase.(Courtesy of Christian Castro)


UCLA Housing welcomes incoming Bruins with Snapchat dorm tours

UCLA Housing has taken a digital approach to showcasing campus life by posting dorm tours on Snapchat. To answer the overwhelming amount of questions UCLA Housing receives daily, the Office of Residential Life decided to have student staff post dorm tours on Snapchat, said Sara Miller, UCLA Residential Life media supervisor. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Housing has been posting dorm tours on Snapchat to engage incoming freshmen. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Graduate students can now take new course on digital records

Graduate students will be able to examine video evidence from body worn cameras in a new course this fall. The UCLA Department of Information Studies’ four-unit seminar, “Special Topics in Information Studies: Archival Practice in the Age of Ubiquitous Surveillance Technologies,” will review policies about audiovisual material and provide training for students pursuing careers in film management, said Jean-François Blanchette, an associate professor in the Department of Information Studies. Read more...

Photo: The four-unit seminar “Management of Digital Records” offered this fall will allow UCLA graduate students to examine video evidence from body worn cameras. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)



Film ‘Lo and Behold’ documents the internet’s beginning at UCLA

When Leonard Kleinrock’s student sent the first internet message from UCLA to Stanford, he said it felt more like a perfunctory job well done rather than a moment that would go down in history. Read more...

Photo: “Lo and Behold,” a documentary about the internet’s impact directed by Werner Herzog released Aug. 19, and features Leonard Kleinrock, a UCLA computer science professor. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)


Student demands equal pay for full-time and student workers

A Bruin Cafe student employee is demanding that UCLA pay students and full-time workers in UCLA dining services equal wages. Dana Carrera, a rising third-year sociology student, started a petition last Friday that calls for UCLA Dining Services to pay its student workers $16.32 an hour, which is the starting wage for full-time employees. Read more...

Photo: Dana Carrera, a rising third-year sociology student, started a petition demanding that UCLA pay students and full-time workers in UCLA Dining Services equal wages. (Catherine Liberty Feliciano/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Housing office prepared for increased enrollment in coming years

UCLA Housing officials said they are prepared to house the additional 750 freshman and transfer students that will enroll this fall without additional beds. New residential halls built in recent years and completed renovations of existing halls have opened room to house the new students. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Housing is well-prepared to house the additional 750 freshman and transfer students who will be enrolled this fall. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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