Thursday, April 30

Three strikes law under attack

  ROSETTE GONZALES Corey Nasario, who has served time in a California facility, and the group FACTS, want to amend the three strikes law. By Crystal Betz Daily Bruin Contributor Opponents of California’s three strikes law rallied and marched through Westwood Saturday, calling for reform to legislation they call cruel and unusual punishment that targets poor and under-represented citizens. Read more...


Nurse shortage hurts UCLA Medical Center

By Sabrina Singhapattanapong Daily Bruin Contributor Having to pay more to hire temporary nurses to combat California’s ongoing nursing shortage, the UCLA Medical Center has had to lean on its main funding sources, such as insurance companies, Medicare and Medi-Cal, just to break even and not lose money. Read more...



News Briefs

USAC petitions against costs As part of the “No More Increase in Student Fees” campaign, the Undergraduate Students Association Council has started petitioning to end increases in parking fees and for the University to fund the costs of BruinGo! Read more...


Bruin alum fails in bid for Congress

  MAIYA HOLLIDAY UCLA alumnus and congressional hopeful Kevin Feldman speaks of his views on the election and the problems he sees facing the city By Dexter Gauntlett Daily Bruin Staff Bill Simon won the Republican gubernatorial primary Tuesday without ever having held elected office. Read more...



Application readers: gatekeepers to UCLA

  NICOLE MILLER/ Daily Bruin Admissions director Vu Tran reads through one of thousands of applications UCLA receives each year. By Wendy Su Daily Bruin Contributor High school seniors are anxiously waiting for those big envelopes telling them they were accepted to the colleges they applied to. Read more...