As the first week of primarily video-based learning ends, professors and students are – mostly – adjusting to online classes. “As Jackson Lears said, distance learning is to learning as phone sex is to sex,” said David Kipen, a lecturer in the UCLA Writing Program. Read more...
Photo: UCLA moved all spring quarter class online March 13. Many professors are conducting lectures over Zoom, a video conference program. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A large portion of Kelsey Tsonton’s paycheck from her job as a John Wooden Center FITWELL consultant usually goes toward paying her tuition. But, like Americans across the country, she recently lost her job. Read more...
Photo: Following the closure of recreational facilities and other campus locations that employ students, many students are now left without a job for spring quarter. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 30 at 9:38 p.m. The novel coronavirus has upended life at UCLA in a matter of weeks, leaving the Hill devoid of students returning from spring break. Read more...
Photo: In the past three weeks, more than 80% of students living on the Hill have moved out. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 20 at 4:26 p.m. Fourth-year Mina Naziri was in class Friday when she heard the news. Her professor, who doesn’t allow electronics in class, had been talking for the past 20 minutes about why he didn’t want to hold finals online. Read more...
Photo: UCLA graduating students face troubled times as they enter their final quarter of college. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A planned faculty housing building on Hilgard Avenue will continue to prioritize tenure-track faculty over adjunct professors or lecturers, according to UCLA media relations. Ladder-rank or tenure-track faculty are prioritized for faculty housing over appointees in the clinical professor series, adjunct professor series and lecturers at UCLA. Read more...
A local business district committee is looking to amend a costly and slow storefront signage process. The Westwood Village Improvement Association planning and mobility committee met with Los Angeles City planning assistant Julia Duncan on March 4 to relay complaints from prospective businesses about storefront signage. Read more...
Photo: New businesses in Westwood Village must go through an extensive approval process for their storefront signs. In the meantime, many businesses opt to put up banners. Some stakeholders have called the process unnecessarily cumbersome. (Martín Bilbao/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Some Westwood Village zoning regulations may be reduced or eliminated if the city follows recommendations from a local neighborhood council. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council, a body representing UCLA and the Village to the Los Angeles City Council, recommended changes to food and parking regulations in the Village’s 1989 zoning and regulatory framework known as the Westwood Village Specific Plan. Read more...
Photo: The North Westwood Neighborhood Council recommended Los Angeles City Planning reduce or remove food and parking regulations in Westwood Village during a board meeting Wednesday. The council hopes the changes will attract more businesses to the Village. (Daily Bruin file photo)
