Thirty candidates and two referendums are on the ticket for this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election. Here’s your guide to the ballot. Read more...
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Higher Education, News, UC
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May 3, 3:35 pm
UC incurs over $500M in unexpected costs because of COVID-19
The University of California suffered $558 million worth of unexpected costs due to changes caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The UC estimates that, in March, unanticipated expenses and lost revenue cost the University system a minimum of $310 million when excluding costs incurred by medical centers, said UC spokesperson Stett Holbrook in an emailed statement. Read more...
Photo: The University of California is facing $558 million in unexpected costs from COVID-19, with $310 million coming from March alone. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Crime, News
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May 2, 8:55 pm
UCPD investigates alleged off-campus sexual battery
University police are looking for a man who allegedly sexually battered a student outside an off-campus apartment on the 800 block of Levering Avenue on Saturday. Read more...
A Closer Look, Los Angeles, News, Westwood
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May 1, 9:43 pm
Good Things are Bruin: Four stories of community support amid COVID-19 restrictions
Some Bruins have made efforts to give back to their communities despite social restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. This series of articles, each made of several short stories, aims to remind us “Good Things are Bruin” and provide some hopeful news during a difficult time. Read more...
Photo: Paul Kurek, a Germanic languages graduate student, said he tries to help out the community by donating still-useful items students that have been discarded in North Westwood Village. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Campus, News, Student Government
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May 1, 8:11 pm
USAC committees offer reliefs funds to assist students affected by COVID-19
The Undergraduate Students Association Council launched a new COVID-19 Relief Fund to provide emergency grants to undergraduate students who have been economically impacted by the novel coronavirus. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council established relief funds for students impacted by the novel coronavirus. Applications are due in early May. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Los Angeles, News, Westwood
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May 1, 4:25 pm
5 Westwood Village Ralphs workers test positive for COVID-19
This post was updated May 2 at 2:09 p.m. Five workers at the Westwood Village Ralphs on Weyburn Avenue have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Village Ralphs employs five workers who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus as of Thursday. The grocery store declined to comment. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A Closer Look, News
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May 1, 12:29 pm
For those most vulnerable to COVID-19, quarantine is a time of heightened vigilance
Susan Abeles’ first grandchild was born mid-March, and although Abeles lives across the street from him, she has only been able to hold him once. Abeles’ daughter occasionally holds up the baby on the porch while Abeles looks on from six feet away. Read more...
Photo: People who are at higher risk for COVID-19 have self-isolated completely. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)