The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
News, Student Government
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March 12, 4:34 pm
USAC recap – March 10
Athletics News, Men's Basketball, News, Sports
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March 12, 10:05 am
Pac-12 announces cancelation of all competition in light of COVID-19
This post was updated March 16 at 9:42 p.m. The Pac-12 has canceled all scheduled competitions, effective immediately, because of fear of a further coronavirus outbreak. Read more...
Campus, News, UC
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March 11, 11:57 pm
UCLA among 5 UC campuses to offer in-house COVID-19 testing
Five University of California medical centers will use their own tests for the coronavirus, according to the Sacramento Bee. The five medical centers in the UC are either currently using or obtaining approvals for the tests. Read more...
Photo: Medical centers at UCLA, UC San Francisco, UC San Diego, UC Irvine and UC Davis will use in-house tests for the coronavirus. The University of California system is one of the first health systems in the country to offer such testing. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A Closer Look, Los Angeles, News, Westwood
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March 11, 11:56 pm
WVIA to consider whether it should change how it approves business signage
A local business district committee is looking to amend a costly and slow storefront signage process. The Westwood Village Improvement Association planning and mobility committee met with Los Angeles City planning assistant Julia Duncan on March 4 to relay complaints from prospective businesses about storefront signage. Read more...
Photo: New businesses in Westwood Village must go through an extensive approval process for their storefront signs. In the meantime, many businesses opt to put up banners. Some stakeholders have called the process unnecessarily cumbersome. (Martín Bilbao/Daily Bruin senior staff)
News, Student Government
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March 11, 11:55 pm
Temporary changes made to USAC election process after UCLA moves classes online
Student government election managers changed election rules in light of class suspensions due to the novel coronavirus. Navi Sidhu, Undergraduate Students Association Elections Board chair, brought up the need for changes to the election requirements at an Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting Tuesday because of UCLA’s decision to move classes and finals online until April 10. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Elections Board made changes to candidate requirements at a Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting Tuesday. The changes come after an emergency clause that was added to the code the same night. (Xuxin Zhang/Daily Bruin)
Campus, International, Los Angeles, News, Science & Health
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March 11, 4:25 pm
UCLA students reassess finals week, spring break plans in light of COVID-19
This post was updated March 11 at 9:50 p.m. Anne Deffebach hoped to spend this spring break – her last at UCLA – with six of her best friends in Thailand. Read more...
Photo: Students have been prompted to cancel and reschedule spring break plans because of COVID-19 and UCLA’s suspension of in-person classes until April 10. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Athletics News, News, Sports
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March 10, 5:22 pm
UCLA Athletics restricts all home games to ‘essential personnel’
UCLA home games will be restricted to “essential personnel” until April 10 at the earliest, UCLA Athletics said in a statement Tuesday. The announcement follows UCLA’s decision to move classes online until April 10 in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19, or coronavirus. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Athletics announced its home matches will be limited to essential personnel in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)