An undergraduate student government quarterly budget report will now be headed by an independent body instead of a specific office, following concerns of a slate bias skewing the results of the report and potentially creating a hierarchy between offices. Read more...
Photo: Internal Vice President Avi Oved speaks at a USAC meeting on Oct. 2.
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block recently announced plans to hired a full-time officer to help ensure that incidents of racial discrimination against UCLA faculty members are properly addressed and recorded. Read more...
As a teenager studying in France, David Burke scribbled down French slang on any surface he could find. He covered stacks of napkins, paper towels and even his arms with the terms he thought would help him bridge the language gap in the foreign country. Read more...
The UCLA 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...
She works behind the scenes to add health-based storylines to shows like “90210,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Army Wives.” Sandra de Castro Buffington sees herself as an inspirer, connecting research in public health to the entertainment industry, which reaches millions of people every day. Read more...
Bruin Republicans members voiced support for the term “illegal immigrant” and expressed their concerns with the undergraduate student government at a meeting Wednesday night. The main discussion of their meeting, called “Call it what it is: Illegal Immigration,” came in response to an Undergraduate Students Association Council resolution that criticized the use of the term “illegal” in reference to undocumented individuals, said William Chakar, a third-year molecular biology student and chairman of Bruin Republicans. Read more...
About 20 students rallied in the front of the new Carnesale Commons Wednesday afternoon in support of repealing California’s affirmative action ban, Proposition 209. The students protested the naming of a new building on the Hill after Albert Carnesale, who became chancellor of UCLA in 1997, the year after Proposition 209 was passed. Read more...
