Despite controversies over wiretapping and privacy violations, the director of the National Security Agency said in a UCLA discussion Friday that he thinks the NSA is justified in its collection of phone data in the interest of national security. Read more...
Photo: Adm. Michael S. Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, spoke at UCLA School of Law on Friday. (National Security Agency)
Editor’s Note: Over the next 17 weeks, assistant news editor Katie Shepherd will be training for the Asics L.A. Marathon and writing a weekly column chronicling her experiences along the way. Read more...
UCLA’s residence halls will soon have one centralized laundry room in each building rather than smaller laundry rooms on each floor. UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services and Residential Life decided to change the current laundry room set up after UCLA experienced problems with the ventilation system causing false fire alarms, said Barbara Wilson, associate director of room operations for UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services. Read more...
Photo: Madison Varias, a first-year undeclared physical sciences student, uses the laundry room in her residence hall. UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services and Residential Life plan to install centralized laundry rooms in each building on the Hill. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
Dozens of volunteers at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center quickly spread peanut butter and jelly on bread and stacked sandwiches in an assembly line at an event to promote National Homeless Awareness Week on Saturday. Read more...
Photo: Larry Levine, cofounder of MyPocketChange, works with other volunteers to pack meals for the homeless at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center. (Courtesy of Alyssa Dorn)
The University of California recently reversed its decision to discontinue funding for Lick Observatory after reexamining its budget and realizing it could afford funding for UC observatories, officials said. Read more...
Photo: University of California reversed its decision to cut funding for the Lick Observatory. (UC Observatories)
Avinoam Baral became the new undergraduate student government president Friday night, after Devin Murphy resigned from office. Murphy said in a statement Friday morning he resigned from the Undergraduate Students Association Council presidency because of the high level of stress and the toll campus climate has taken on his mental, emotional and physical health. Read more...
Photo: Avinoam Baral, former USAC internal vice president, assumed the position of president Friday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The Graduate Students Association is the voice of UCLA’s graduate student body. Forum meets every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students on campus. Read more...
