As an assistant director of New Media for this year, I have been responsible for updating the Daily Bruin’s website with breaking news and the day’s news.

On Thursday, the UC Board of Regents approved the 32 percent increase in student fees and the budget plan that goes through 2011. The board also agreed to reopen the Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital by the end of 2012, in partnership with Los Angeles County.

On Oct. 29, the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation announced it would give a $100-million underwriting guarantee to the proposed partnership between L.A. County and the University of California to reopen the Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital in south Los Angeles.

The Occidental Petroleum Corporation, also known as Oxy, has recently been in the news for its landmark discovery of oil and gas in a Kern County field.

Despite the university’s encouragement to hold class as scheduled, approximately 100 UCLA faculty members, including professors, associate professors and assistant professors, have signed their support for today’s walkout.

The UC Board of Regents are considering hearing a proposal on creating a partnership with Los Angeles County in order to reopen the Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital in 2012 at their upcoming meeting, Sept. 15-17. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed to present a proposal to enlist the help of the University of California, as the county does not have the personnel to reopen the hospital on its own.

University of California President Mark Yudof held a press conference Friday morning ““ just days before the upcoming UC Regents meeting ““ to discuss some of the actions the university may take to address the budget crisis.

University of California President Mark G. Yudof held a press conference Friday morning to discuss some of the actions the UC may take to address the budget crisis.

For the first time in approximately five years, an undergraduate student has been nominated for the student regent position on the UC Board of Regents for the 2010-2011 school year.

For the first time in approximately five years, an undergraduate student has been nominated for the student regent position on the UC Board of Regents for the 2010-2011 school year.