UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services officials plan to continue building Wi-Fi infrastructure on the Hill to improve internet slowed down by increased device use and building designs. Read more...
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February 10, 11:23 pm
UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services to combat slow Hill Wi-Fi in future
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February 8, 9:34 pm
Eucalyptus tree falls onto Broad Art Center, nearby trees to be inspected
This post was updated Feb. 10 at 8:25 p.m. A tree fell outside of Broad Art Center on Friday afternoon, resting partially on the building. Nurit Katz, executive officer of UCLA Facilities Management, said an eucalyptus tree had fallen around 1 p.m., and that Facilities Management responded at 1:12 p.m. Read more...
Photo: A tree fell outside of Broad Art Center on Friday afternoon. The tree had been uprooted because of heavy rains loosening the soil. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
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February 7, 11:57 pm
Record label founder donates $1 million for art and music school scholarships
A philanthropist donated $1 million to provide scholarships for art and music students, a university press release announced Thursday. Jerry Moss, who co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert, gifted the donation to UCLA’s Moss Scholars program, which has awarded full-tuition scholarships to art and music students for 15 years. Read more...
Photo: Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records, donated $1 million to UCLA’s Moss Scholars program, which awards full-tuition scholarships to art and music students. The donation was a part of the UCLA Centennial Campaign. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
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February 7, 12:16 am
RAs, programming offices comment on scarce student turnout at Hill events
Resident assistants and programming offices on the Hill said they struggle to boost turnout at events on the Hill due to students’ varied interests and schedules. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Scholarship Resource Center reaches a lot of students but has trouble keeping them interested in the center’s programming, said the center’s Student Affairs Advisor Mac Harris. The center, located on the Hill at Covel Commons, offers resources for students seeking scholarship opportunities. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)
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February 6, 12:31 am
SFAC members talk transparency concerns after rejecting administrator salary cap
This post was updated Feb. 7 at 3:15 p.m. Student fee allocators offered mixed views on whether their committee takes enough student input into consideration in light of the committee’s rejection of a proposal to cap UCLA administrators’ salaries. Read more...
Photo: The Student Fees Advisory Committee rejected a proposal to cap UCLA administrators’ salaries. Some members of the committee said they think this overlooks students. (Ashley Luu Kenney/Daily Bruin)
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February 5, 5:47 pm
LAFD reports now-cleared chemical explosion at Boyer Hall, 1 minor injury
A chemical explosion in a South Campus laboratory that injured a UCLA employee was reported by the Los Angeles Fire Department this afternoon. LAFD reported an acetone explosion in a laboratory fume hood in Boyer Hall at 2:18 p.m. Read more...
Photo: A chemical explosion at Boyer Hall was reported by the Los Angeles Fire Department on Tuesday afternoon. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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February 5, 1:43 am
Activist-in-residence to teach new generation skills to enact social change
This post was updated Feb. 7 at 3:17 p.m. One of UCLA’s activists-in-residence has been campaigning for change since he was 13 years old. Now, he said he hopes to teach students about activism. Read more...
Photo: Micah White is an Activist-in-Residence at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs’ Institute on Inequality and Democracy. He’s best known for co-creating the Occupy Wall Street movement. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)