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A Closer Look, Campus, News, Science & Health
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August 21, 11:00 pm
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)
News, Student Government, UC
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August 21, 10:20 pm
Q&A: New UCSA president details two proposed campaigns
Members of the University of California Student Association, or UCSA, elected a UC Davis graduate student in entomology as its new president at the Student Organizing Summit held Aug. Read more...
Photo: Daily Bruin’s Ryan Leou spoke with Ralph Washington, Jr., the new president of the University of California Student Association, about UCSA’s two new campaigns for the upcoming year. (Courtesy of Ralph Washington)
A Closer Look, Campus, News
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August 21, 9:53 pm
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)
News, Westwood
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August 19, 2:48 pm
Westwood BID recap – Aug. 18
The Westwood Village Improvement Association is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. Property and business owners created the association in 2011 to provide Westwood Village with functions the City of Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...
News, UC
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August 17, 1:12 pm
UC Berkeley chancellor to resign amid criticism from students, faculty
University of California, Berkeley’s chancellor announced Tuesday he plans to resign as soon as the campus finds a successor. Nicholas Dirks did not give specific reasons for his resignations in his announcement to students, faculty and staff. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of UC Berkeley Media Relations)
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August 16, 5:08 pm
UCLA named No. 12 overall in 2016 international ranking
UCLA was ranked the second-best public university in the U.S. by an international ranking Monday. The Academic Ranking of World Universities, which has been published since 2003, also ranked UCLA 12th in the world among 500 universities. Read more...
Photo: UCLA was the second-highest ranking public university in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2016. (Daily Bruin file photo)