Read more UCLA stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7847/ucla.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:51:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74439/university-of-california-imposes-32-tuition-hike.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStudent protesters chanted “Shame on you! Shame on you!” on the UCLA campus today as the University of California board of regents approved a whopping 32% tuition hike. A year at a UC school—not including room and board—will now cost $10,300, three times the price in 1999....http://www.newser.com/story/74439/university-of-california-imposes-32-tuition-hike.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 17:04:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74379/uc-students-protest-ahead-of-32-fee-hike.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAngry students took to the streets yesterday to blast a proposed 32% fee hike for University of California schools. The Board of Regents is expected to finalize the increase today during a meeting at UCLA. It will hike tuition bills some $2,500. UC students will soon be paying $10,...http://www.newser.com/story/74379/uc-students-protest-ahead-of-32-fee-hike.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 4:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71307/ucla-reeling-after-lab-students-throat-slashed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUCLA students were shaken yesterday after a 20-year-old man slashed the throat of a classmate in a chemistry lab in front of others. The pair, believed to have been lab partners, had a verbal altercation before the man attacked the woman and walked calmly away as a teaching assistant rushed...http://www.newser.com/story/71307/ucla-reeling-after-lab-students-throat-slashed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Oct 2009 4:53:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68461/happy-40th-internet-maybe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagForty years ago, two UCLA scientists exchanged data via computers, arguably making today the 40th anniversary of the birth of the Internet. "It would be more accurate to say some important seeds of the Internet sprouted with that data transfer," writes Stephen Shankland on CNET, but no matter. It's a...http://www.newser.com/story/68461/happy-40th-internet-maybe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 19:20:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61659/cadaver-fence-gets-10-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA man convicted of fencing cadavers stolen from UCLA's willed body program has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, NBC reports. The lawyer for Ernest Nelson, 51, argued that his client’s sales to big-name customers such as Johnson & Johnson were all above board, and that the only thief...http://www.newser.com/story/61659/cadaver-fence-gets-10-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Jun 2009 5:43:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59066/ucla-body-parts-peddler-found-guilty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA businessman who carved up bodies donated to UCLA's medical school and sold them off to research companies has been found guilty of grand theft, the Los Angeles Times reports. Ernest Nelson raked in over $1.5 million from the scheme, which he conspired to carry out with the director...http://www.newser.com/story/59066/ucla-body-parts-peddler-found-guilty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 May 2009 4:39:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58084/ucla-fined-for-fatal-lab-explosion.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUCLA has been fined $31,000 for serious safety violations linked to a fire that killed a lab assistant early this year, reports the Los Angeles Times . Sheri Sangji, 23, had not been properly trained and was not wearing protective clothing when an experiment exploded, seriously burning more than 43%...http://www.newser.com/story/58084/ucla-fined-for-fatal-lab-explosion.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 5:05:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54940/colleges-admit-more-students-just-in-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPrivate colleges across the nation are boosting the number of students they're accepting and the length of their waiting lists in case applicants can't write the tuition check when the time comes, reports the Washington Post . Applications are at a record high 3 million, but universities fear students planning on...http://www.newser.com/story/54940/colleges-admit-more-students-just-in-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Apr 2009 3:21:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52872/feds-probe-firebombing-of-animal-researchers-car.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn federal anti-terror task force is probing the firebombing of a UCLA neuroscientist's car, the Los Angeles Times reports. An animal rights group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place outside the researcher’s house and caused no injuries. The professor targeted has been using primates for research into...http://www.newser.com/story/52872/feds-probe-firebombing-of-animal-researchers-car.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Mar 2009 3:27:56 CDT