UCLA was home to a mini-world on Wednesday, as 30 different booths, each represented by a student organization, crowded Wilson Plaza to showcase their countries’ delicacies and cultures. Read more...
Photo: Sivananda Rajananda, a first-year cognitive science student, makes chai at World In-Sight on Wednesday, the first event hosted by the International Student Association and the We Speak English Project. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
A drive to help a fallen community rebuild after one of the most destructive typhoons on record will bring one UCLA student back to her mother’s homeland and connect her to her Filipino origins. Read more...
Photo: First-year student Alana Sanchez-Prak will travel to the Philippines for three weeks to help in a rebuild mission following Typhoon Haiyan. (Tamaryn Kong/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated at 8:32 p.m. The undergraduate student government Judicial Board ruled Wednesday that two councilmembers who went on free trips to Israel while in office did not engage in conflicts of interest. Read more...
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Read more...
The UCLA Faculty Women’s Club, one of the university’s most longstanding organizations, celebrated its 95th anniversary at their annual spring luncheon on Tuesday. Founded in 1918, the Faculty Women’s Club originally consisted of faculty wives of the Los Angeles Normal School who supported the creation of a four-year university in Southern California. Read more...
Photo: (Joseph Chan/Daily Bruin)
Chancellor Gene Block meets with the Daily Bruin editorial board every quarter to discuss issues affecting campus and to explain administrative policies. At their meeting Tuesday, Block spoke about UCLA’s Centennial Campaign, his stance on the controversial Joint Statement on USAC Ethics, conflicts of interest and UCLA’s search for a discrimination officer, among other topics. Read more...
UCLA faculty members are considering a proposal that would allow certain undergraduate students to work as teaching assistants, though some students have expressed concerns about the initiative’s effect on graduate student employment. Read more...
