Health care reform is happening within the UCLA Health System, but it is not necessarily President Barack Obama's bill driving the reform, administrators say. In a presentation to the UC Board of Regents on March 17, John Stobo, the UC senior vice president for health sciences and services, emphasized that the UC must address spiraling health care costs regardless of the fate of the bill, which has been threatened with repeal by Republicans. "My feeling is that (the bill) is not going to be the major driver (of UC hospital reform)," Stobo said in an interview this week. Read more...
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March 31, 1:41 am
UCLA Health System to make reforms as a result of the federal health care bill
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March 29, 1:23 am
UCLA urges drivers to Be Alert Bruins to reduce campus accidents
Accidents involving university-owned vehicles have cost UCLA more than $2 million over the past five years, a UCLA safety specialist said. Read more...
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Campus accidents involving university vehicles have cost UCLA more than $2 million over the last five years. Cellphone distraction is the leading cause of accidents.
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March 15, 12:44 am
Inconsistencies found in Birdie’s testimony
The Judicial Board found discrepancies in a student government officer's testimony when he was called to bear witness in his own hearing on March 11.
In November, Rustom Z. Birdie entered a contractual relationship with startup web company Jobbook.com. Read more...
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Rustom Z. Birdie, the USAC financial supports commissioner, was called to a Judicial Board hearing regarding his promotion of Jobbook.com.
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March 15, 12:43 am
University seeks to maintain alternative opportunities following closure of Covel tutoring in spring
The university is considering alternative tutoring options following the decision to end free peer tutoring on the Hill. Read more...
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March 15, 12:43 am
NSU gathers donations on Bruin Walk
UCLA students on their way to finals donated $1,500 to relief efforts in Japan. Read more...
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The Nikkei Student Union will be collecting relief funds for Japan throughout finals week and the first two weeks of spring quarter.
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March 14, 10:44 pm
*UPDATED:* UCLA student's YouTube video 'Asians in the Library' prompts death threats; violent responses criticized as equally damaging
A UCLA student has received multiple death threats in response to her video "Asians in the Library," which was posted Friday. In the video, third-year political science student Alexandra Wallace makes a number of disparaging comments about Asian students. Read more...
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March 10, 3:17 am
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Library reopens after renovations
With bright, open floor space and stacking book shelves, the newly renovated Chicano Studies Research Center Library in Haines Hall is a far cry from the disorganized, stuffy space it was just three months ago. Read more...
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The UCLA Chicano Studies Library, the only free-standing independent Chicano studies library in the United States, reopened this week after renovations.