Subscribe to this tag University of California Loses $40 Million
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - January 24, 2008
Students win breach-of-contract case sparked by tuition hike.
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Nonstory of the Year
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - January 15, 2008
College students do the darndest things. Vote on 2007's most asinine news.
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Finals: Stress, Caffeine, Drugs, and Procrastination
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - December 14, 2007
Survival advice from Murray State, Notre Dame, Texas, and UCLA.
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Where There Is Nudity, Controversy Soon Follows
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - December 10, 2007
A GW theater group has been butting heads with its cast and crew over a brief nude scene in an upcoming production.
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For Impostor Students, Old Habits Die Hard
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - October 3, 2007
Remember Azia Kim? The fake Stanford student who fooled dorm residents, teachers, and even the ROTC into thinking she was an enrolled member of the university community? Well, in all that hubbub, Paper Trail failed to report on Elizabeth Okazaki, who spent a good four years at Stanford attending graduate physics seminars, using offices reserved for doctoral and postdoctoral physics students, living in the lab—all with "no real reason to be there," according to the Stanford Daily..
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It's Like Family Feud but With Biz Students
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - August 13, 2007
On CNBC's Fast Money MBA Challenge, teams of business grad students duke it out.
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Another Look at the UCLA Taser Incident
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Christina Mueller
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The Paper Trail - August 2, 2007
An independent investigation of the infamous UCLA Taser incident--university police zapped a student after he refused to show his school ID, and a cellphone clip of the incident was posted on YouTube--says the officers violated use-of-force policies and guidelines of office conduct, the Daily Bruin writes.
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Trail Mix
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Alison Go
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Jackie Mantey
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The Paper Trail - June 18, 2007
* Apparently the police at UCLA are much more appreciative of some skin than those over at Notre Dame. The California cops blocked traffic and got an eyeful as almost 9,000 Bruins (and a rubber blow-up doll) shed their clothes and celebrated the end of the year during the school's triannual Undie Run, reports the Daily Bruin.
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UCLA Taser Cop Was Once Officer of the Year--And Once Shot a Homeless Man
The Paper Trail - November 21, 2006
Terrence Duren is the officer who used a Taser gun to shoot UCLA student Mostafa Tabatabainejad for failing to present an ID while in a campus library, campus police announced Monday. Duren, who was named officer of the year in 2001, also was accused of brutality in 2003, when he shot a man he believed was intruding in a university hall.
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Trail Mix
The Paper Trail - November 20, 2006
One student died and three others were in critical condition after a fire struck a Nebraska Wesleyan University fraternity house this weekend, the Daily Nebraskan reports.
The UCLA student who says he was Tasered by police last week plans to file a lawsuit, the Daily Bruin reports.
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UCLA Students to Protest Tasers Today
The Paper Trail - November 17, 2006
UCLA students plan to hold a protest today in response to university police officers' repeated use of a Taser gun against a student Tuesday, Inside Higher Ed reports, linking to this Facebook announcement of the march. Police hit Mostafa Tabatabainejad four times with a Taser after he failed to provide a student ID card during a random check, the Daily Bruin reports.
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When Young People Vote in Greater Numbers, Does Anyone Hear Them?
The Paper Trail - November 9, 2006
Two million more young people voted this year than did in the last midterm election, a research group told student reporters yesterday. The change could bring higher-education issues to the forefront.
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