The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Read more...
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January 15, 10:50 pm
USAC recap – Jan. 13
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January 15, 5:01 pm
UCLA chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity rescinds charter
The UCLA chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha stopped operating as an official campus fraternity Wednesday because of financial problems. The fraternity internally decided to pull its charter because it could not pay off its debts of between $10,000 and $25,000 to the national Pi Kappa Alpha organization, said Matthew Li, president of the chapter and a third-year geology/engineering geology student. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha, at 555 Gayley, rescinded its charter Wednesday. (Kelsey Kong/Daily Bruin)
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January 15, 1:12 am
Public health students, faculty to run charity relay to support research
Taking a sick day was never an option for Ana Mascareñas’ mother, who had to upkeep her job as a high school counselor to support four children. Read more...
Photo: Sean Buono, Lauren Harrell, Jesse Damon and Ana Mascareñas train for the ASICS L.A. Marathon Charity Relay. (Courtesy of Shweta Saraswat/UCLA Fielding School of Public Health)
Campus, News, Student Government
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January 15, 12:59 am
UCLA Division of Social Sciences holds panel on racial inequality
An image of a black student with a graduation cap with “stop killing us” written across it stuck in Jessica Barragan’s mind on Wednesday. Before seeing the image at a panel on race relations in the United States, the third-year sociology student said she had never thought about race relations and police brutality in such finite terms. Read more...
Photo: A panel of UCLA professors discussed race and social inequality issues with students Wednesday. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
News, Westwood
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January 15, 12:45 am
North Village heavily ticketed for parking during street sweeping hours
Kelton Avenue is empty and quiet at 8 a.m. on a Friday morning. But in Westwood, this is one of the busiest times for city parking enforcement. Read more...
Photo: A truck makes its way through North Village as street sweeping continues, causing many students to either move their cars or face parking violations. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
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January 15, 12:41 am
Deficit from JazzReggae Festival largest in past decade
The JazzReggae Festival’s loss of $120,844 last year was the largest in the past decade because of declining ticket revenues and mounting facility costs. About $113,000 of the deficit was paid for with money from the Undergraduate Students Association Council 2013-2014 surplus, which councilmembers allocated Tuesday night. Read more...
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January 15, 12:41 am
UC announces new sustainability fellowship, internship program
UCLA will receive $7,500 from the University of California Office of the President for a new sustainability fellowship and internship program announced Wednesday. The program will award $7,500 to each UC campus, as well as the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Read more...