The University of California’s largest employee union released a study Tuesday that showed the University has paid about $1 billion to hedge fund managers over the past 12 years for no significant increase in investment returns. Read more...
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March 3, 12:40 am
Study finds insignificant returns on UC’s $1B hedge fund investments
Campus, News, Student Government
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March 3, 12:26 am
USAC recap – March 1
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Read more...
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March 2, 4:43 pm
Students call for professor involved in Title IX lawsuit to be fired
Students chanted “fire Piterberg” as they marched into the history department office in Bunche Hall on Wednesday afternoon, calling for UCLA officials to fire a professor who allegedly sexually harassed two graduate students. Read more...
Photo: More than 40 students marched through campus Wednesday asking UCLA officials to fire history professor Gabriel Piterberg, who is involved in a Title IX lawsuit. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
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March 2, 1:22 am
USAC votes to put Daily Bruin, Bruinwalk referendum on ballot
Students can vote whether to pay a $3 quarterly fee that supports the Daily Bruin and other campus media organizations in the spring undergraduate student government election. Read more...
Photo: The undergraduate student government voted 11-1-0 Tuesday night to add a referendum to the ballot that aims to finance the Daily Bruin and Bruinwalk.com. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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March 2, 1:21 am
Bruin Café wraps in eco-friendly paper packaging
Bruin Café now packs its sandwiches in eco-friendly paper wrapping as part of a cost-saving plan implemented mid-February. The new packaging is made of recyclable parchment paper wrapping, said Jeff Berman, general manager for Bruin Café and a senior food services manager for UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services. Read more...
Photo: Bruin Café now packs its sandwiches in eco-friendly paper wrapping as part of a cost-saving plan implemented mid-February. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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March 2, 1:19 am
Bruin engineering students aim to build earthquake-proof building model
A team of civil engineering students will have seven minutes to place metal rods into an intricate, wooden structure. When they finish, the building must withstand an earthquake simulated by a shake table. Read more...
Photo: A team of civil engineering students will compete in an earthquake engineering competition in April in San Francisco. (Julie Hanash/Daily Bruin)
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March 1, 6:13 pm
UC committee addresses concerns with banks, fossil fuel investments
A University of California committee agreed to facilitate a study on the University’s investments in banks that fund private prisons and discussed other student concerns in a meeting Friday. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Committee on Investments discussed student concerns in a meeting Friday. (Daily Bruin file photo)