Westwood leaders are finding it difficult to donate to a UCLA student organization due to grant fees and a slow administrative process, some council members said. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Neighborhood Council decided not to process the grant through UCLA and instead will work with the UCLA Foundation to donate to the CPO Food Closet. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
People applying for financial aid at colleges and universities will have new options to verify their tax information, the U.S. Department of Education announced Monday. In March, the Internal Revenue Service suspended its Data Retrieval Tool because of security and identity theft concerns. Read more...
The undergraduate student government election board issued five sanctions between Saturday and Tuesday this week. The election board investigated a total of 12 complaints and ruled to issue three sanctions for social media violations, one for a leafleting violation, and one for a media advertising violation. Read more...
Westwood visitors will soon receive discounted parking rates in the evening as part of a two-year pilot program. The Westwood Village Improvement Association is collaborating with UCLA to offer the “$5 after 5 p.m.” parking program at Lot 36 and on 924 Westwood Blvd. Read more...
Sproul Hall will have a new, centralized laundry room after construction finishes in June. The laundry room will open in fall quarter and operate 24 hours a day. Read more...
Photo: The Sproul laundry room, which will open fall 2017, will be equipped with a system to alert students of completed loads. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin)
The clothing manufacturer American Apparel closed its Westwood location Wednesday. The company, which gained popularity with its “Made in USA – Sweatshop Free” policy, provocative advertising campaigns and simple designs, filed for bankruptcy in 2015. Read more...
Photo: (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)
Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of UCLA’s Disability Studies program, the Disability as Spectacle conference in the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center engaged scholars and artists in conversation about the representation of disabilities in media and literature. Read more...
Photo: (Dean Hughes/Daily Bruin)
