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Three Years Later, AFSCME Service Workers Reach Tentative Contract Agreement With UC

January 23, 2020 by

The UC's largest union reached a tentative four-year contract agreement. AFSCME has been negotiating for a new contract since 2017.
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Newsom’s Proposed Budget Allocates $217.7 Million to UC System

January 22, 2020 by

The budget, which allocates $36 billion for higher education across the state, offers a 5% increase in “base” resources for UC campuses and funding for specific programs on UC campuses.
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Graduate Students to Call in Sick on Wednesday in Support of UCSC Strike for Cost of Living Adjustment

January 21, 2020 by and

UCSB graduate students, on average, would need an additional $1133.57 for their rent to equal 30% of their income, according to an informal UCSB GSA survey.
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UC Regents Postpone Tuition Vote After Students Raise Concerns

January 21, 2020 by

The UC Regents will discuss two different potential models of tuition hikes at its Wednesday meeting.
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Students and Faculty Focus on Challenges Facing UCR During Search for UC President

January 20, 2020 by

While the UCR speakers raised similar issues as those at UCLA, many statements addressed challenges facing the campus specifically.
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“The UC should strive for better”: Students, Faculty and Stakeholders Share Suggestions for the Next UC President at UCLA Public Forum

January 16, 2020 by

Students, faculty and UC system stakeholders sharing their advice, ideas and hopes for the type of president they would like to see next.
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This Week in UC News 1/9 – 1/16

January 16, 2020 by

Showcasing the top stories of the week from other UC student newspapers
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First Female Chancellor of UCSB and Within the UC System, Barbara Uehling Charlton, Passes Away at 87

January 9, 2020 by

She passed away at the age of 87 on Jan. 2 due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease, her obituary read.
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This Week in UC News

January 9, 2020 by

Our new column “UC News” will showcase the top stories of the week from other UC student newspapers in our weekly print edition and online.
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Thirty Meter Telescope Project Now To Be Paused Until February 2020

January 1, 2020 by

The project has drawn significant controversy since its groundbreaking in October 2014 and has remained a subject of criticism from Native Hawiians.
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In Photos | UCSB Rallies in Solidarity with UCSC Graduate Students

December 14, 2019 by

The UCSC graduate students are striking indefinitely until the university agrees to a Cost of Living Adjustment of an additional $1,412 a month.
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Hawaiian Activists Speak At UCSB Town Hall, Urge UC Not to Move Forward With Telescope Construction

December 7, 2019 by and

The panel, hosted in collaboration between the the EVPSA office and the American Indian Student Association, consisted of three speakers who spoke and sang to a packed Flying A Room.
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University Takes Second Attempt at Controversial Faculty Housing Project

November 21, 2019 by and

The proposal would demolish Ocean Road and cover the 16.7 acres of land up and down the street with up to 540 housing units.
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Graduate Student Accuses UC Regent Kieffer of Sexual Misconduct, Calls for Systemwide Policy Change

November 21, 2019 by

Ora said she chose to speak during public forum due to frustration not only with the Regents’ system, but the entire University of California process for investigating sexual misconduct.
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“I do feel very privileged to be able to leave”: UC Study Abroad Students To Leave Hong Kong

November 21, 2019 by

Each student’s academics would be dealt with by the universities they were attending in Hong Kong.
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