The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government that represents the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
News, Student Government
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May 25, 6:00 pm
USAC recap – May 24
News, UC
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May 25, 11:19 am
Gov. Brown submits proposal to increase UC Scout budget by $4M
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed $4 million to expand a program that allows high school students to take UC-required courses and Advanced Placement courses online. The funding, proposed in Brown’s May budget revision, would update and add new courses to UC Scout, a program that offers A-G and AP courses, according to the budget revision. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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May 25, 12:46 am
Jerry Kang, Heather Rosen to speak on cultural discrimination panel
The vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion and the outgoing USAC president will be speaking on a cultural discussion panel Wednesday. Jerry Kang and Heather Rosen will participate in the event, titled “Challenges and Opportunities facing Jewish and Asian American College Students.” It will be hosted by the Anti-Defamation League, an organization that aims to prevent bigotry and discrimination, according to their mission statement. Read more...
Photo: Vice chancellor Jerry Kang and outgoing USAC president Heather Rosen will discuss challenges shared by Jewish-Americans and Asian-Americans at a panel Wednesday. (Courtesy of Aliza Goldsmith)
Campus, News
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May 25, 12:44 am
UCLA attains fair-trade university status after four-year endeavor
Fair Trade Colleges & Universities designated UCLA a fair-trade university Monday. University officials and student groups worked for four years to complete the steps necessary to become a fair-trade school. Read more...
Photo: Student group E3 worked with university officials to complete the process of becoming a fair-trade school by promoting fair-trade products at UCLA. (Anisha Joshi/Daily Bruin)
News, Science & Health
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May 25, 12:42 am
UCLA research group wins $18,000 grant to install water capture system
Five students received an $18,000 grant in early May to install a storm water capture system on the UCLA campus. Students on UCLA’s Sustainability Action Research’s Resilience Team plan to build a 200,000-gallon capture system that could save 1.22 million gallons of water per year, said Austin Park, a team leader and third-year civil and environmental engineering student. Read more...
Photo: The Green Initiative Fund awarded a grant to UCLA students to build a campus rainwater capture system. The system could save more than one million gallons of water per year.(Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
News, Westwood
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May 24, 5:09 pm
Car crash on Wilshire Boulevard kills one, hospitalizes two
One person died and two were injured in a car crash Tuesday morning on Wilshire Boulevard. LAPD officer Robert Kim said a car headed west on Wilshire Boulevard at 1:50 a.m. Read more...
News
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May 24, 12:26 am
UCLA student teaches high schoolers hip-hop to connect with culture
Sandra Parra said UCLA’s hip-hop community gave her a sense of belonging and power when she moved to Los Angeles as a freshman. Because hip-hop dance helped her identify with her culture during her first few months at UCLA, Parra, a fourth-year dance student, decided to help other students do the same in high school. Read more...
Photo: Sandra Parra, a fourth-year dance student, researches how hip-hop education helps Latino students at her local high school identify with their ethnicity. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)