UCLA Housing is requiring undergraduate students to find their own roommates before signing up for on-campus or university housing for the first time this year. Because of the change, some students said they have not been able to get into the room they preferred and others have struggled to find students to form official roommate groups. Read more...
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March 6, 12:22 am
New housing system causes confusion among students
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March 5, 4:48 pm
GSA recap – March 4
The Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Read more...
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March 5, 11:51 am
Former UCLA researcher James Enstrom reaches settlement with UC
This post was updated at 5:50 p.m. A former UCLA researcher who filed an unlawful dismissal lawsuit in 2012 will be paid $140,000 and have his termination rescinded as part of a settlement reached with the University of California Board of Regents on Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo)
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March 5, 3:14 am
GSA amends Election Code, reduces signatures needed to run for office
The graduate student government voted Wednesday to reduce the number of signatures that candidates must collect to run for office from 50 to 30. The Graduate Students Association Election Code amendment, which passed with a 12-4-0 vote, aims to increase the number of candidates running in elections and in turn improve voter turnout by making it a bigger race, said Patrick Adler, GSA election commissioner. Read more...
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March 5, 2:32 am
GSA votes against rejoining UCSA
The graduate student government voted unanimously Wednesday night to not rejoin the University of California Student Association because of concerns over membership fees. To rejoin UCSA, which advocates for UC students, the Graduate Students Association would have to pay about $16,000 annually for membership. Read more...
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March 4, 1:44 am
Course examining social aspects of Greek life to be offered for spring
Students will be able to take a course examining social behavior in Greek life through extensive discussion and artistic performances starting spring quarter. World Arts and Cultures 174A, a two-unit course titled “Desire on Campus: UCLA Sororities and Fraternities Move It Forward,” will take the form of an action conversation, which is a method of expression that includes deep discussion as well as dance and theater performances, said co-instructor Victoria Marks, a professor of choreography. Read more...
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March 3, 1:29 pm
Mobile Clinic Project at UCLA holds thrift shop event for the homeless
Clothes laid neatly stacked on tables as students lined the hallway outside the Kerckhoff Art Gallery, trying to peep a look at the goods they might be bringing home with them Monday night. Read more...
Photo: Justine Angeles, a fourth-year microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics student, folds clothing donated to the thrift shop fundraiser hosted by Mobile Clinic Project in Kerckhoff Art Gallery on Monday. (Sonja Bartlett/Daily Bruin)