Wednesday, June 25

UCLA set to acquire former Westside Pavilion mall

This post was updated Jan. 9 at 9:36 p.m. UCLA acquired the former Westside Pavilion mall Dec. 27 with plans to make it into the UCLA Research Park.  The former mall space, which is two miles from the UCLA campus, will host the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy at UCLA and the UCLA Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, according to a campuswide email sent Wednesday by Chancellor Gene Block.  In January 2019, developer Hudson Pacific Properties and real estate investment trust company Macerich announced Google would be leasing the former mall, which is located on West Pico Boulevard, to convert the space into an office campus for the company. Read more...

Photo: Royce Hall is pictured. The former Westside Pavilion mall, which is set to be acquired by UCLA, was originally planned as an office campus for Google. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA Housing announces it will continue off-campus meal plan for winter quarter

UCLA announced that it will be continuing its pilot off-campus meal plan, which is available to residents in some university-owned apartments, for winter quarter. In a Monday email sent to undergraduate students in University Apartments North – which includes the Laurel, Palo Verde and Tipuana buildings – UCLA Housing said the meal plan will offer 77 meals to students across the quarter at a total cost of $1,155, or $15 per meal. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is a UCLA dining hall. UCLA Dining announced Monday an extension to its pilot program for off-campus meal plans. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Students in off-campus apartments left without gas because of gas line repairs

This post was updated Dec. 12 at 9:25 p.m.  Residents in some university-owned apartment buildings, including Palo Verde, Weyburn Terrace and Tipuana, reported outages to cooking, hot water and laundry services as a result of an emergency gas line being repaired Monday. Read more...

Photo: The Palo Verde and Tipuana university apartment buildings are pictured. Residents of the apartments reported significant service outages after a gas shutoff. (Eva Danesh/Daily Bruin)



UCLA commuter students navigate daily challenges, utilize campus resources

On weekday mornings, as Westwood students rouse from sleep, third-year physics student Josh Jose sits in 7 a.m. traffic. Jose, who drives 45 minutes from the Torrance area to campus, is one of many commuter students at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: Cars parked in Lot 7 are pictured. Some students shared some of the challenges of commuting to college. (Purvi Singhania/Daily Bruin)


USAC passes resolution calling on university to end contracts with Starbucks

This post was updated Dec. 13 at 10:36 p.m. The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously passed a resolution Nov. 7 calling for the university to cut all contracts with Starbucks. Read more...

Photo: A sign in Starbucks is pictured. The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously approved a resolution calling the university to end contracts with Starbucks, citing labor violations. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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