Monday, June 23




California voters to decide on criminal justice propositions in November ballot

Two initiatives on November’s ballot aim to shift California’s policies on criminal justice, but with each in a different direction. Proposition 36 would increase some drug and theft crimes from misdemeanors – usually minor crimes punishable by up to a year in jail – to felonies, the most serious type of crime. Read more...

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Student, part-time electoral statistician goes to DC to model election predictions

Rithwik Narendra works a job uncommon for most undergraduate students. As a part-time electoral statistician, the third-year computational and systems biology student will soon juggle midterms with his upcoming trip to Washington, D.C., where he will work to predict the outcome of the upcoming presidential election. Read more...

Photo: Rithwik Narendra is pictured next to statistical symbols. The third-year computational and systems biology student will use statistical modeling to predict the outcome of the upcoming presidential election in Washington D.C. as part of Decision Desk HQ. (Photo courtesy of Rithwik Narendra. Photo Illustration by Matthew Park/Daily Bruin staff)




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