Students can talk with candidates running for undergraduate student government positions about their platforms and stances on campus Friday night. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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October 10, 2:37 am
USAC fall special election candidates to speak with students
News
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October 10, 2:32 am
Students express hope, doubts regarding Hong Kong protests
Hong Kong city officials canceled negotiation talks with student leaders of Hong Kong’s Occupy Central movement Thursday evening, confirming expectations and dashing the hopes of some UCLA students who have family in the city or who participated in the protests. Read more...
Photo: Hugo Rei (left), creative director of the UCLA Hong Kong Student Society, and Nicholas Leung (right), president of the Hong Kong Student Society, hope that the protests in Hong Kong lead to tangible changes. (Kelsey Kong/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
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October 10, 2:28 am
Sisters strive to realize lifelong dreams after leaving Egypt behind
At 10 years old, Youstina and Marina Salama said they were frustrated when they got lower grades than other students for the same answers, which they believed happened because of their Christian faith. Read more...
Photo: Youstina and Marina Salama, two first-year students at UCLA, came to Los Angeles from Alexandria, Egypt, with the goal of going to medical school. (Tamaryn Kong/Daily Bruin)
News
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October 10, 2:24 am
Students garner support to give campaigns push for midterm election
Francisco Castaneda’s goal for Thursday was just getting one person to pledge support for Ben Allen, a candidate for state Senate. No one picked up Castaneda’s first phone call, so he left a voicemail. Read more...
Photo: Members of Bruin Democrats had a phone banking session Tuesday to help Sandra Fluke’s campaign. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
News, Science & Health
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October 10, 2:13 am
UCLA receives $11M NIH grant to create center for big data computing
UCLA has received an $11 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to make a center that would study biomedical data analysis, or big data computing, UCLA announced Thursday. Read more...
Campus, News
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October 9, 9:29 pm
UCLA students test out Chromebooks through Google lending program
Students who wanted to try out a new computer were able to borrow a Google Chromebook laptop for free this week on campus. As part of Google’s new Chromebook Lending Library program, a site for students to check out the Chromebook line of laptop computers will be on campus until Friday. Read more...
Campus, News
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October 9, 4:41 am
Student groups receive reduced SOOF funds for second consecutive year
For the second year in a row, undergraduate student government leaders are set to allocate student groups about $35,000 less from a fund meant to support them. Read more...