Students now have the opportunity to vote on a new design for a new UCLA library mug, which student leaders hope will reduce campus waste. Associated Students UCLA and Undergraduate Students Association Council Facilities Commissioner Armen Hadjimanoukian organized the redesign process. Read more...
Photo: Students get to vote on what they would like to see on UCLA Library’s newest mug design. Courtesy of Armen Hadjimanoukian
Tender Greens, a restaurant chain that serves locally-sourced organic food, plans to open a location in Westwood Village in November. The restaurant has already obtained a liquor license in its new location, said Christina Wong, a spokeswoman for Tender Greens. Read more...
The undergraduate student government at University of California, Berkeley, passed a bill Wednesday in support of Asian Pacific Islander communities at UCLA and USC, after Asian American departments at both campuses received racist and sexist fliers earlier this month, according to the Daily Californian. Read more...
U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power warned the UCLA community Sunday that there are growing dangers threatening the free press and thus the public’s ability to sufficiently understand global conflicts. Read more...
Photo: U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power gave a lecture Sunday night about emerging dangers to freedom of press worldwide. (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin staff)
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Students from all over Los Angeles filled UCLA’s Dickinson Court Saturday to encourage students of color to pursue higher education. Read more...
Photo: Students gave a presentation at the MEChA de UCLA’s 21st Annual Raza Youth Conference to teach youth from low-income backgrounds about the importance of pursuing higher education. (Carolyn Francis/Daily Bruin)
A student committee designed to increase retention on campus is pushing for UCLA administrators to change a policy that requires undergraduates to stay on a specific academic track. Read more...
Smoothing his collar, he glanced over his shoulder at the tall wire fence surrounding the parking lot. Howard Chung walked up the concrete steps to the Los Angeles County Probation Department’s offices and marched inside when the glass doors buzzed open for him. Read more...
Photo: Now 32 years old, Howard Chung is a fourth-year study of religion student at UCLA who is leading a service project to tutor high school students in a probation camp. Chung has been incarcerated twice in his past. (Tamaryn Kong/Daily Bruin)
