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UCLA

Type: Organization
Name: UCLA
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 13 Documents
Armed, campus police officers point Taser guns as they seize a bag from an unidentified student, after they refused to leave a meeting room on the University of California, Los Angeles campus on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. UCLA Regents committee has approved ... [Baltimore Sun - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 4 Documents
The University of California Board of Regents on Thursday approved an increase in student fees next year while raucous protesters gathered on campus for a second day.The Regents also voted unanimously to approve entering into a partnership agreement with ... [UCLA News - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 6 Documents (in Health)
Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by researchers at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor. These cells, known as circulating tumor cells, or CTCs, ... [Research & Development - 11/19/2009]
Entities: Tumor, Metastasis, Insect
First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
16 min 32 sec ago(NECN/KGO/ABC News: Berkeley, Calif.) - A protest at the University of California, Berkeley ended with dozens arrested Friday night.The protesters, both students and non-students, locked themselves inside CAL's Wheeler Hall and barricaded ... [NECN.com - 7 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 4 Documents
The University of California regents voted Thursday to raise tuition by 32 percent as angry students pounded drums and blocked exits to the UCLA building where the regents were meeting. "I absolutely had to vote for this," said Assembly Speaker and R ... [San Francisco Chronicle - 11/20/2009]
Entities: UCLA
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 Documents
The decision was made with little debate after a lengthy committee discussion Wednesday. Thousands of students and labor union activists protested outside the meeting at UCLA.UC police and CHP officers escort officials through demonstrations outside Covel ... [Stateline - 17 hours ago]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents
The University of California system took some predictable steps to tighten its belt this week in the face of the state budget crisis, cutting some services and boosting student tuition. Equally predictably, students across the state have responded with ... [National Review - 11/20/2009]
Entities: UCLA, SubVersion, Crime
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents
students whose families make $70,000 or less to attend free of charge, . Perhaps it can start in the corporate world. U.C. alums run corporations like Northrop Grumman (Ronald Sugar, UCLA), Qualcomm (Dr. Paul Jacobs, U.C. Berkeley) and Google (Eric Schmidt, ... [Forbes.com - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Environment)
Most Recent Photos in the News& View More Photos LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18 (UPI) Air pollution is well-recognized problem at major airports, but air pollution near smaller regional airports may be overlooked, U.S. researchers say.Suzanne Paulson of the ... [EcoWorld - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Biology)
Visually impaired people appear to be fearless, navigating busy sidewalks and crosswalks, safely finding their way using nothing more than a cane as a guide. The reason they can do this, researchers suggest, is that in at least some circumstances, blindness ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/19/2009]
Entities: UCLA, myelin, Denis Diderot
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents
Earlier today, we reported that protests over the proposed tuition hike at UCLA got a bit testy. But we also noted that the protests didn't seem to include a lot of law students, even though their tuition is going through the roof as well. One friend ... [Above the Law - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Biology)
When people go blind, they lose one of the most important senses an individual can have. Single-handedly, sight accounts for the usage of massive amounts of processing power inside the brain. When the sense vanishes, the brain is left with a lot of “computing ... [Softpedia - 11/19/2009]
Entities: UCLA, Los Angeles

Quotes

...'It was paradoxical,' said Richard Baum, professor of Chinese politics at the University of California Los Angeles. "The press conference confirmed every low expectation we had for the meeting, but when I saw the statement, I said, 'Wait a minute, are we talking about the same event?' It is the most extensive document in 20 years, maybe ever." Running to more than 4,000 words, it promised a breadth and depth of co-operation that was unthinkable even two or three years ago...
...Prison Spending, #48 in Education," Emily Bischof, a fourth year geography and environmental studies major at UCLA said the cuts are significant. "Upper division classes that once had 30 students now have 80 or 100 students and there are no teaching assistants. Professors are giving true-false, multiple choice Scantron exams." Nicole Garner, a fourth year at UC Riverside, blames the state's famous tax revolt for the university's financial troubles...

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Tuition Hikes: Protests in California and Elsew... [Time - 8 hours ago]
41 arrested in UC Berkeley protest [Los Angeles Times - 12 hours ago]
Calif. Police Investigated For Excessive Force [Officer.com - 15 hours ago]
E-News Medical Alert: Westside Medical Associat... [Los Angeles Business - 16 hours ago]
UCLA beats Cal State Bakersfield 75-64 [San Jose Mercury News - 16 hours ago]
California American Water Teams With Senator Ab... [Sustainable Business - 16 hours ago]
Occupation of UC Berkeley building in protest o... [Chicago Tribune - 17 hours ago]
CA: UC regents approve 32% stude... [Stateline - 17 hours ago]
Dozens occupying UC Berkeley building in protes... [Baltimore Sun - 18 hours ago]
Getting to the facts in the debate on mammograms [Los Angeles Times - 19 hours ago]
Wolves rode icebergs to travel to Falkland Isla... [NewKerala.com - 19 hours ago]
Eli Sercarz dies at 75; UCLA scientist made key... [Los Angeles Times - 21 hours ago]
Archaeologists publish first map of contested s... [UCLA News - 22 hours ago]
Thousands of UCLA fans, students to gather for ... [UCLA News - 22 hours ago]
UCLA faculty experts advisory: UN Copenhagen cl... [UCLA News - 22 hours ago]
PROFNET EXPERT ALERTS: New Mammogram Guidelines [Forbes.com - 23 hours ago]
UC students occupy buildings in protest [CHINAdaily - 23 hours ago]
The New Normal -- 4% Stock Returns? (By the Num... [Smart Money - 23 hours ago]
Occupation Movement Sweeps California [Chronicle of Higher Education - 11/20/2009]
Protesters Take Over Building on UC Berkeley Ca... [ABC News - 11/20/2009]
Whiny Spoiled Brats -- By: Anthony Dick [National Review - 11/20/2009]
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The Indefensible vs the Incomprehensible [Wake up America - 4 hours ago]
Here are some final thoughts on the University of Crooked Lying ARabists (UCLA) Middle East Studies Department.http://www.tygrrrrexpress. ... ...
SPOILED RICH KIDS? First and foremost, the prot... [Instapundit - 10 hours ago]
SPOILED RICH KIDS? First and foremost, the protests are about privileged kids demanding subsidies from working people. The UC system will continue to be heavily ...
Whiny Spoiled Brats -- By: Anthony Dick [The Corner on National Review Online - 11/20/2009]
The University of California system took some predictable steps to tighten its belt this week in the face of the state budget crisis, cutting some services and boosting ...
Students protest tuition hikes in California [Crooks and Liars - 11/20/2009]
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Beverlye Hyman Fead: How "Nana, What's Can... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/20/2009]
I was given the worst possible diagnosis--4th stage metastasized, inoperable, uteral sarcoma. Two months to live. The first doctor told my family and ...
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Inside UCLA student protest [CNN.com - Video - 1 hour ago]
Student protesters 'fired up' [CNN.com - Video - 11/20/2009]
UCTV November 2009 Highlights [UC Television - YouTube - 11/02/2009]
Evolution for Everyone [UC Television - YouTube - 10/30/2009]
LA Times' Chris Dufresne on UCLA's 2009-10 season [Los Angeles Times - YouTube - 10/30/2009]
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