Thursday, August 20

In the news:

Southern Lights reopens after flood investigation

Southern Lights, a coffee shop in the Court of Sciences Student Center, reopened Thursday after the store flooded in November. UCLA officials shut down the store when water that flooded the ground floor tested positive for sewage-related bacteria. Read more...

Photo: Southern Lights, a coffee shop in the Court of Sciences, reopened Thursday after shutting down due to flooding in November. (Efren Piñon/Daily Bruin)


USAC discusses bloc voting, other concerns about election process

Several undergraduate student government officers and Election Board officials met Wednesday to discuss bloc voting and other concerns about the student government election process. The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Constitutional Review Committee, which is in charge of proposing changes to USAC bylaws or the Election Code, convened to discuss possible solutions that aim to make the election process more fair. Read more...

Photo: Undergraduate Students Association Council Facilities Commissioner Ian Cocroft said at a meeting about the upcoming USAC election he thinks the order the candidates’ names appear on the ballot should be randomized. (Anthony Tran/Daily Bruin)






Founders discuss plans for women empowerment organization

Last fall, eight incoming transfer students met to create the UCLA chapter of the American Association of University Women, a national organization most of them took part in at their previous college campuses. Read more...

Photo: The American Association of University Women opened a chapter in UCLA in the fall quarter. (Courtesy of Ivelisse Porroa-Garcia)



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