Preliminary results from UCLA’s “Get Legal” campaign indicate that although students have begun to use the program, it has gotten off to a slow start. Get Legal, a program designed to combat online media piracy, involves a one-year agreement with digital-media vendors CDigix, iTunes and Mindawn, to provide UCLA students with legal avenues for obtaining entertainment media. Read more...
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June 1, 9:00 pm
Media program sees weak response
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June 1, 9:00 pm
Markets may open locally
A new farmers’ market is on its way to Brentwood while plans are in the works to bring a market back to Westwood Village, two months after the departure of the Westwood Village Farmers’ Market. Read more...
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June 1, 9:00 pm
Editorial: UCLA's Worst: 3. Drop in minority enrollment yet again
Something is fundamentally wrong with UCLA’s admissions system when next year’s freshman class of 4,852 will contain only 96 black students. Despite recent systemwide increases, the overall decline in enrollment of some underrepresented ethnic groups at UCLA and the University of California system is nothing new ““ not since California voters passed Proposition 209 in 1997. Read more...
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June 1, 9:00 pm
Editorial: UCLA's Best: 3. Dance Marathon: our legacy of philanthropy
College students dancing is nothing to call home about. College students planning, organizing and participating in an event that raises over a quarter of a million dollars for a good cause is reason to call everywhere. Read more...
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May 31, 9:00 pm
News brief: Gubernatorial candidate Westly’s wife visits UCLA
No speeches or large rallies accompanied Anita Yu Westly’s stop at UCLA Wednesday. Instead, Yu Westly, wife of Democratic gubernatorial candidate and State Controller Steve Westly, opted for a small, informal luncheon with students and faculty, discussing the campaign issues as they arose in conversation. Read more...
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May 31, 9:00 pm
GSA swears in new officers
The Graduate Students Association wrapped up its last meeting of the year and swore in its recently elected officers on Wednesday night. Outgoing GSA officers discussed the continued efforts to validate the graduate student writing center referendum, which would add $3 to quarterly graduate student fees to help fund a center to assist students with writing and presentation skills. Read more...
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May 31, 9:00 pm
County officials file suit against Army’s proposed land swap
Los Angeles County officials filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army on Wednesday to stop the proposed land swap of a 10-acre parcel of property located adjacent to Westwood. Read more...