Saturday, March 28

Alum Jessica Lim promotes Asian-American women in media in pageant

Jessica Lim would melt into the couch on Sunday evenings with her family when she was six years old to watch the cheers of fans and football players running across stadiums on TV. Read more...

Photo: Jessica Lim, who graduated from UCLA in 2011, was crowned Miss Asian America at the 31st Annual Miss Asian Global and Miss Asian America pageant. The pageant was held on Aug. 20 in San Francisco. (Courtesy of David Yu)



UCLA Recreation postpones end of towel service at Wooden

UCLA Recreation has delayed its decision to discontinue its towel service at John Wooden Center this fall. Towel services will be available at the John Wooden Center and Student Activities Center Monday through Friday until Dec. Read more...

Photo: Towel services will be available at the John Wooden Center and Student Activities Center Monday through Friday until Dec. 23. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UC employees protest, demand higher wage increase

UCLA clerical employees protested outside the UCLA Wilshire Center on Wednesday against what they called a low proposed wage increase. About 200 members of Teamsters Local 2010, a union that represents around 14,000 University of California clerical, administrative and support staff, called the 1.5 percent increase unacceptable. Read more...

Photo: UCLA clerical employees protested outside the UCLA Wilshire Center on Wednesday against a low proposed wage increase.(Courtesy of Christian Castro)


UCLA Housing welcomes incoming Bruins with Snapchat dorm tours

UCLA Housing has taken a digital approach to showcasing campus life by posting dorm tours on Snapchat. To answer the overwhelming amount of questions UCLA Housing receives daily, the Office of Residential Life decided to have student staff post dorm tours on Snapchat, said Sara Miller, UCLA Residential Life media supervisor. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Housing has been posting dorm tours on Snapchat to engage incoming freshmen. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Graduate students can now take new course on digital records

Graduate students will be able to examine video evidence from body worn cameras in a new course this fall. The UCLA Department of Information Studies’ four-unit seminar, “Special Topics in Information Studies: Archival Practice in the Age of Ubiquitous Surveillance Technologies,” will review policies about audiovisual material and provide training for students pursuing careers in film management, said Jean-François Blanchette, an associate professor in the Department of Information Studies. Read more...

Photo: The four-unit seminar “Management of Digital Records” offered this fall will allow UCLA graduate students to examine video evidence from body worn cameras. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)




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