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January 10, 10:03 pm

Gov. Jerry Brown proposes UC budget increase, financial aid changes

Gov. Jerry Brown proposed giving the University of California an additional $146 million in his 2017-18 budget proposal released Tuesday morning. Brown proposed increasing the UC system’s general fund by $131 million, based on a 2014 agreement between the UC system and the governor, said UC spokesperson Claire Doan. Read more...

Photo: Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his budget proposal for the 2017-18 fiscal year, which included about $140 million more in funding for the University of California. (Daily Bruin file photo)

A Closer Look, Campus, News

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January 10, 9:23 pm

Former ADPi house mother starts a new chapter after 25-year stint

Sisters from the Alpha Delta Pi sorority would take 81-year-old Joan Kaas out to party in celebration of birthdays and graduations. “They’d take me downtown to the Edison, which is a nightclub, to hear musicians that I wanted to hear,” she said. Read more...

Photo: Joan Kaas was a house mother at the UCLA chapter of Alpha Delta Pi from 1990 to 2016, where she oversaw the hiring of staff and maintenance of the property and mentored the sorority members. (Courtesy of Joan Lange Kaas)

Campus, News, Student Government

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January 10, 9:21 pm

Graduate students eligible for free passes to LA Fitness

Graduate students can now work out at the LA Fitness on Wilshire Boulevard for free. Some graduate students were concerned they would not have a place to exercise when the university announced in 2015 it would replace their gym, the Kinross Recreation Center, with the Geffen Academy. Read more...

Photo: Graduate students have access to alternate fitness options while the new Kinross Recreation Center is under construction. The new KREC is projected to open next summer. (Kristie Hoang/Daily Bruin)

Campus, News

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January 9, 10:40 am

Student protesters demonstrate outside Piterberg’s class

This post was updated Jan. 9 at 10:56 a.m. UCLA students disrupted a class Monday morning taught by a professor accused of sexual assault. Members of the Bruin Consent Coalition and Bruins Against Sexual Harassment protested a class taught by history professor Gabriel Piterberg. Read more...

Photo: History professor Gabriel Piterberg left his class shortly after the start of lecture. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)

A Closer Look, Campus, News, Science & Health

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January 8, 9:38 pm

School of Nursing dean looks to maintain the school’s academic prestige

A few years ago, paths on campus were littered with cigarettes and the air was not as fresh. The nursing school’s new dean helped change that when she led the effort to make UCLA a tobacco-free campus. Read more...

Photo: Linda Sarna, the new dean of the UCLA School of Nursing, began her career in healthcare as an undergraduate student in nursing at UCLA and later helped ban tobacco on campus. (Esmeralda Lopez/Daily Bruin)


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