She first learned that there was an earthquake in Nepal when she logged on to Facebook Saturday morning. Asha Bhote, who was born in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, still has family and friends living in the city. Read more...
Photo: Ankit Panta, a member of the Shree Pashupatinath Foundation, played the guitar during the vigil. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
About 30 UCLA student health center doctors and other union members marched to the office of Chancellor Gene Block on Monday to demand a meeting regarding student health center funding. Read more...
Nearly 1,000 students have signed a petition calling for Gov. Jerry Brown and University of California President Janet Napolitano to talk about University costs and funding in a public forum. Read more...
Photo: Students signed a petition calling for University of California President Janet Napolitano and Gov. Jerry Brown to discuss tuition openly. (Courtesy of The Daily Californian, Daily Bruin file photo)
More than 1,800 University of California faculty have signed a petition opposing potential changes to the UC employee health care plan, which they say would limit options and raise costs for employees. Read more...
President Barack Obama announced the Student Aid Bill of Rights on Tuesday, calling for the creation of a centralized payment information and complaint reporting website to make it easier for students to pay back their federal student loans. Read more...
A state legislator introduced a state Assembly bill last week that would cap annual compensation for all University of California employees at $500,000 a year. Assembly Bill 837 was introduced by Assemblyman Roger Hernández, who said he thinks capping employee compensation will free up more University resources for students, according to a press statement Wednesday. Read more...
Alejandro Covarrubias was told by his department chair in 2013 that he would soon be let go from his lecturer position in the UCLA César E. Read more...
Photo: National Adjunct Walkout Day took place Wednesday on college campuses to inform people about the struggles of adjunct faculty. (Mary Kate Turner/Daily Bruin)
