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Higher Education, News, UC

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January 14, 2:26 pm

CALPIRG leads push for UC-wide open textbooks grant plan

University of California students and faculty are asking the UC Board of Regents to fund a systemwide open textbook grant program. The California Public Interest Research Group, a student activist organization, began a textbook affordability campaign in 2007 after other student PIRGs started similar campaigns. Read more...

Photo: Students and faculty have signed petitions asking the UC Board of Regents to implement a systemwide open textbook grant plan. The California Public Interest Research Group has its own textbook affordability campaign and is aiming to work with the regents on the program. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)

News, Student Government

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January 12, 8:43 pm

USAC General Representative 1 Jong Hyeon Lee resigns at council meeting

This post was updated Jan. 13 at 11:24 a.m. An undergraduate student government representative resigned at a Tuesday council meeting. Jong Hyeon Lee, the Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative 1, said at the Tuesday USAC meeting he will declare nonattendance at UCLA because of financial and personal reasons. Read more...

Photo: A student government general representative resigned at the Tuesday Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting, and said he will declare nonattendance because of personal reasons, which would make him ineligible for office. (Left to right: Courtesy of Jong Hyeon Lee, Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)

A Closer Look, News

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January 12, 8:08 pm

UCLA professor sheds light on Indonesian anti-communist purge in upcoming book

This post was last updated Jan. 16 at 5:58 p.m. Some Indonesians have been moved to tears when they learn about the true history of mass violence in their country, said Elizabeth Mulyani, an Indonesian artist based in Belgium. Read more...

Photo: Co-authors Geoffrey Robinson (top left), a history professor at the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, and Douglas Kammen (right), a Southeast Asian studies associate professor at the National University of Singapore, have been building a visual archive of Indonesia’s 1965-1966 anti-communist purge since 2016. With the help of Belgium-based artist Elisabeth Mulyani (bottom left), they have collected around 2,000 images. (Clockwise from top left: Ariana Fadel/Daily Bruin, courtesy of Dr. Kammen, Ariana Fadel/Daily Bruin)

Los Angeles, News, Westwood

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January 12, 5:51 pm

Some criticize city budget’s adequacy, lack of transparency during NWWNC town hall

A local neighborhood council held a budget town hall Saturday to discuss the city of Los Angeles’ budget and encourage LA residents to get involved in the city’s budgeting process. Read more...

Photo: Members of local neighborhood councils hosted a town hall Saturday in an effort to increase resident participation in LA city’s budgeting process. (Screen capture by Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin staff)

News, Student Government, UC

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January 11, 9:02 pm

UCSA recap – Jan. 9

The University of California Student Association is composed of representatives from the UC campuses’ undergraduate and graduate student governments. The organization’s Board of Directors held its monthly meeting over Zoom on Jan. Read more...

Campus, News, UC

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January 11, 6:41 pm

UCPD implements body camera policy, sparking discussion among student leaders

University police at UCLA have implemented body cameras among its active personnel four years after the policy was approved, a university police spokesperson said. As of Jan. Read more...

Photo: The UCPD has equipped all its active personnel with body cameras, a UCPD spokesperson said. The University of California is still finalizing a policy that would universally mandate body cameras. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)


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