Friday, May 1

Charity kids’ camp requires aid, funds

UCLA, you’re needed. The official charity of our campus, Unicamp, a summer camp for kids at or below the poverty level run almost completely by students and funded through donations, will have to turn away 400 kids in August and September after an unfortunate accident rendered the only bridge to the program’s campsite unsafe. Read more...


Doctors remain “cautiously optimistic” about the condition of Maria Teresa and Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez, who remain in critical but stable condition with vital signs in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital in Westwood. Read more...


Audit committee meets to discuss business practices, comprehensive review

Financial accountability concerns dominated discussion when the University of California Board of Regents audit committee met last week at UCLA. New committee chairman Alfredo Terrazas called the meeting a “brainstorming session” ““ committee members looked for ways to preserve honesty and efficiency in the UC’s internal and external audit policies. Read more...


Mourners remember Marla and Ben

Students and community members gathered last week at UCLA to mourn the loss and remember the lives of seven people killed in an attack in late July on a “home of dialogue and tolerance” ““ the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Read more...



Center director’s dismissal renders future uncertain

Fragmented by an unusually abrupt administrative decision, faculty are questioning the direction of the American Indian Studies Center. Graduate Division Vice Chancellor Claudia Mitchell-Kernan announced in June she will not recommend former AISC director Duane Champagne, in his 11th year, to serve another term, raising questions about the dismissal process and where the center will go from here. Read more...


New budget process vague, raises questions

Concerns over vague policies and funding discrepancies have prompted the delay of student group funding and raised questions about the budget process. On Aug. 5 the Undergraduate Students Association Council was scheduled to pass funding recommendations by the Budget Review Committee, but ended up tabling the budget to its Aug. Read more...