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Thursday, July 2, 2009

• UC Irvine undergraduate Jesse Cheng nominated for 2010-2011 student regent

  Adria Tinnin at 7:07 p.m.

  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.

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Monday, June 29, 2009

• Radio: Students and faculty open up about the suspension on admissions for the IDS major

  Carey Shenkman at 3:06 a.m.

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• Iranians utilize Web

  Samantha Masunaga Bobbie Nickel at 1:06 a.m.

  During post-election turmoil, citizens turn to the Internet to network and communicate

  While social networking sites are often used by students as tools of procrastination, in light of the recent chaos of the Iranian elections, these sites have become important bearers of information.

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• Legendary King of Pop dies at age 50

  Carolyn McGough at 1:06 a.m.

  We all grew up aware of the legacy of Michael Jackson.

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• Visitor parking fees to increase

  Daniel Schonhaut at 1:06 a.m.

  Hospital patients and their families, professors from out of state and tourists from around the world regularly flock to UCLA by the thousands.

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• New hot dog joint to add its flavor to Westwood Village

  Kassandra Reyes at 1:06 a.m.

  David Marino never planned to start a business.

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• Nanomachines may fight cancer

  Zhyliana Garcia Valdez at 1:06 a.m.

  Advances in technology could lead to targeted treatment of tumors with microscopic robots

  Self-replicating robots and cures for cancer may seem unrelated, but nanotechnology brings these two subjects into a research field with very promising results.

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Saturday, June 27, 2009

• Radio: UCLA community sounds off on Michael Jackson's death

  Chris Benderev at 6:06 p.m.

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• Schwarzenegger plans to veto Assembly's budget bill

  Samantha Masunaga at 2:06 a.m.

  The California Assembly passed a $5 billion budget proposal Thursday, which would have prevented the state from issuing IOUs to local governments, college students and welfare recipients.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

• Faculty, staff protest budget cuts outside town hall meeting

  Max Schneider at 9:06 p.m.

  Thousands of UCLA faculty and staff gathered today for a town hall meeting on the impact of the impending university budget cuts, with dozens of other UCLA employees protesting the budget cuts outside the meeting in Pauley Pavilion.

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• U.S. News & World Report ranks Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA among top in nation

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  Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA is ranked one of the best pediatric hospitals in the nation in the August issue of U.S. News & World Report.

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

• Man arrested in Kaufman Hall

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• UC releases report on admissions for fall 2009

  Srbui Karapetian at 9:06 p.m.

  The University of California Office of the President recently released a report detailing the number of incoming freshmen and California community college transfer students who accepted their admission offers to UC campuses.

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• Legislators, student coalition campaign against proposed elimination of Cal Grants

  Cristina Chang at 7:06 p.m.

  In an effort to combat Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to eliminate Cal Grants, California state lawmakers introduced a proposal last week that would retain funding for the program while increasing taxes.

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• UC and UAW Local 2865 decide on grad student contract

  Samantha Masunaga at 6:06 p.m.

  The University of California recently reached a tentative agreement with the academic student union UAW Local 2865, resulting in a new contract without wage increases for graduate student employees.

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Monday, June 22, 2009

• Radio: Professor researches importance of metals in organisms

  Ken Okamoto at 3:06 a.m.

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• Radio: Protesters of Iranian president's re-election gather by federal building

  Carey Shenkman at 3:06 a.m.

  On Saturday, protesters took to the federal building on Wilshire Boulevard and Veteran Avenue to speak out against the Iranian elections.

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• Anderson forecasts economic recovery

  Claire Makepeace at 2:06 a.m.

  UCLA quarterly report shows California improving slower than the rest of the nation

  The national economy is recovering, though slowly, according to the most recent forecast from the Anderson School of Management.

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• UCLA alumna’s detention sparks worries at alma mater

  Srbui Karapetian at 2:06 a.m.

  Professors, researchers recall Current TV reporter Laura Ling as determined, intelligent undergrad

  Earlier this month, UCLA alumna Laura Ling and fellow journalist Euna Lee were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in a North Korean labor camp for illegal entry into North Korea.

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• Budget cuts constrain UCLA

  Max Schneider at 2:06 a.m.

  School administrators state that major changes in students’ education may result because of cutbacks

  UCLA and the University of California system are poised to endure large-scale changes due to the state’s budget crisis, university administrators said in a town hall meeting on June 16.

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