Saturday, May 10

UCLA aims to extend housing guarantees to more upperclassmen

His room may have a leather couch, but Jake Adler's double in Sproul Hall is still sometimes too small for comfort. Read more...

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Third-year geophysics and space physics student Jake Adler chose to live on the Hill again this year in a comfortable double room in Sproul Hall. Many upperclassmen choose to live in off-campus apartments after their second and third years for more independence.


Financial restrictions from gender equity law Title IX keep sports teams from joining NCAA

From Quidditch to volleyball, club sports allow students to compete without NCAA intensity.
Some teams, however, are at the club level simply because the effects of Title IX gender equity restrictions keep them out of the NCAA. Men's lacrosse, though sanctioned by the NCAA in many collegiate programs, is not an NCAA sport at UCLA. Read more...

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First-year biochemistry student Andrew Bailey plays with the UCLA Men’s Rugby Club on the Intramural Field during a practice in October 2010.



UCLA team numbers help fulfill Title IX requirements

Convinced by a flier she received in fall quarter, Erin Wenzel tried out for the UCLA women's rowing team. As a walk-on, the first-year biochemistry student said she was sore from training in a sport she had never done. Read more...

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Women’s rowing, an official collegiate sport since 2001, was promoted to NCAA status after a complaint alleged that UCLA did not follow Title IX regulations.






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