Friday, July 3

UCLA Transportation reintroduces Earn-A-Bike program

UCLA Transportation announced Oct. 16 that it is bringing back its Earn-A-Bike program, which will allow employees and graduate students to trade their parking permit for a free bicycle. Read more...

Photo: Pictured are bicycles on the UCLA campus. UCLA Transportation brought back the Earn-A-Bike program, through which employees and graduate students can trade a parking permit for a bicycle, on Oct. 16. (Daily Bruin file photo)


New report reveals struggles of Koreatown restaurant workers

This post was updated Oct. 31 at 11:18 p.m.  A report published Tuesday found that restaurant workers in Koreatown, Los Angeles, struggle with low wages, housing risks and weak labor policies. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is the UCLA Labor Center. A report by UCLA Labor Center and Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance in partnership with Cal Poly Pomona and San Diego State University found that restaurant workers in Koreatown, Los Angeles, struggle with low wages, housing risks and weak labor policies. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Metro hosts open house, presents Sepulveda Transit Corridor’s alternatives

This post was updated Oct. 26 at 11:00 p.m. Students could travel from the San Fernando Valley to campus in around 12 minutes, according to Los Angeles Metro’s Sepulveda Transit Corridor presentation Tuesday night. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is the Metro open house at the Westwood United Methodist Church Tuesday. The meeting discussed the Sepulveda Transit Corridor and other Metro projects. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)




UCLA community discusses STEM ‘weeder courses’ and their difficulties

This post was updated Oct. 26 at 10:51 p.m. After four weeks in her introductory chemistry course with nothing but physics material, Ella Ghazinouri felt out of her depth. Read more...

Photo: A large lecture hall with students is pictured. Members of the community discussed benefits and drawbacks of some of the large introductory STEM classes, sometimes known as “weeder classes,” at UCLA. (Anya Yakimenko/Daily Bruin staff)


Republican Rep. Mike Johnson elected as speaker of the House

The United States House of Representatives elected Rep. Mike Johnson as the next speaker of the House on Wednesday. Johnson – a Republican from Louisiana  – received 220 out of the 429 cast votes, winning the support of every Republican in the House, except for one who was absent. Read more...

Photo: Rep. Mike Johnson is pictured. Johnson received every present Republican vote to be elected speaker of the House. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)