At 10 years old, Youstina and Marina Salama said they were frustrated when they got lower grades than other students for the same answers, which they believed happened because of their Christian faith. Read more...
Photo: Youstina and Marina Salama, two first-year students at UCLA, came to Los Angeles from Alexandria, Egypt, with the goal of going to medical school. (Tamaryn Kong/Daily Bruin)
Students who wanted to try out a new computer were able to borrow a Google Chromebook laptop for free this week on campus. As part of Google’s new Chromebook Lending Library program, a site for students to check out the Chromebook line of laptop computers will be on campus until Friday. Read more...
For the second year in a row, undergraduate student government leaders are set to allocate student groups about $35,000 less from a fund meant to support them. Read more...
Three students are running for the transfer representative position and two for the general representative 2 seat in this month’s undergraduate student government special election. All students are running independent of slates, which are similar to political parties. Read more...
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Read more...
Students will vote on a referendum in this month’s undergraduate student government election that would raise student fees to help fund certain diversity, retention and outreach programs on campus. Read more...
With a 10-0-1 vote, undergraduate student government officers approved language at their Tuesday meeting for a constitutional amendment that would clarify how officer vacancies are filled, extend the timeline for council to hold special elections and prevent special elections from taking place during school breaks. Read more...
