Tuesday, March 24

UCLA Housing announces it will continue off-campus meal plan for winter quarter

UCLA announced that it will be continuing its pilot off-campus meal plan, which is available to residents in some university-owned apartments, for winter quarter. In a Monday email sent to undergraduate students in University Apartments North – which includes the Laurel, Palo Verde and Tipuana buildings – UCLA Housing said the meal plan will offer 77 meals to students across the quarter at a total cost of $1,155, or $15 per meal. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is a UCLA dining hall. UCLA Dining announced Monday an extension to its pilot program for off-campus meal plans. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Harbor-UCLA Medical Center director resigns amid doctor’s misconduct litigation

A Harbor-UCLA Medical Center director resigned from his position Dec. 6, following accusations that he had defended the center’s former orthopedics chief from sexual misconduct allegations. Read more...

Photo: The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is pictured. One of the center’s directors resigned Dec. 6 amid accusations that he had defended a former employee who was sued earlier this year for sexual misconduct. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)



UCLA included in Title VI investigation over alleged ethnic discrimination

The United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced an investigation Monday into antisemitic and Islamophobic activities on UCLA’s campus. The investigation is part of a broader Title VI inquiry announced by U.S. Read more...

Photo: Students walking outside Kerckhoff Hall on Sycamore Alley are pictured. UCLA was added Monday to a broader Title VI inquiry, announced by the U.S. Department of Education, investigating universities and K-12 schools for discrimination based on “shared ancestry.” (Daily Bruin file photo)


Students in off-campus apartments left without gas because of gas line repairs

This post was updated Dec. 12 at 9:25 p.m.  Residents in some university-owned apartment buildings, including Palo Verde, Weyburn Terrace and Tipuana, reported outages to cooking, hot water and laundry services as a result of an emergency gas line being repaired Monday. Read more...

Photo: The Palo Verde and Tipuana university apartment buildings are pictured. Residents of the apartments reported significant service outages after a gas shutoff. (Eva Danesh/Daily Bruin)



The December edition of First Thursdays brings light to student’s artistic talent

The December edition of First Thursdays took over Broxton Avenue on Thursday night, featuring a “Let There Be Light” theme. The monthly First Thursdays event series began in March 2022 and has welcomed over 55,000 guests since then, said Eddie North-Hager, a UCLA spokesperson, adding that this month’s event aimed to highlight Bruins and their creativity – from a cappella performances to poets composing live pieces on type-writers. Read more...

Photo: First Thursdays is pictured. The December edition of the monthly event featured a “Let There Be Light” theme. (Eva Danesh/Daily Bruin)