Student Regents Hold Prop. 30 and Budget Presentation

Just five days from the election, about 16 students gathered at Barrows Hall Thursday evening to hear a presentation by the UC student regents about the effects of Proposition 30, a ballot measure that could prevent a 20 percent tuition hike in January, on the UC’s budget. At the presentation, Read More…

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UC Irvine graduate student nominated as student regent-designate

The UC Office of the President announced the nomination of the student regent-designate position for the upcoming academic year Monday after a special committee of the UC Board of Regents selected between three finalists. If approved by the regents at their upcoming July board meeting, UC Irvine law student and Read More…

Regents approve pepper-spray settlement

To conclude a three-day meeting dominated by budget talks, the UC Board of Regents approved a proposed settlement Thursday with lawyers of students pepper-sprayed by UC Davis police officers during a protest on the campus last November. Read More…

Student regent Jonathan Stein speaks during the July 18th 2012, UC Regents meeting.

Budget talks dominate UC Regents meeting’s second day

The second day of the UC Board of Regents’ three-day meeting was dominated by discussions about how proposed strategies to combat the university’s budget shortfall would affect the ethnic diversity of its student body, quality of education and financial affordability for low- and middle-income students. Read More…