Tuesday, September 29

USAC rejects J-Board appointees over diversity concerns

Diversity concerns prompted student council leaders to reject presidential appointments during the undergraduate government’s first regular meeting on Tuesday. In its kickoff session for the 2002-2003 academic year, the Undergraduate Students Association Council voted down 1-5-2 President David Dahle’s recommendations to the council’s seven-member judicial board. Read more...


Makeshift lot blots out greenery

One of the last bastions of sprawling grass and trees at the campus known as “Under Construction Like Always” has been consumed by its surrounding concrete metropolis. Read more...


Briefs

UCLA scientists receive grants Two UCLA professors are among 20 professors nationally to be awarded $1 million grants by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to creatively improve undergraduate science teaching. Read more...


Groups left to rally for initiative

At a university well-known for having a vocal student body, students are working to ensure that UCLA doesn’t fade from one of the richest histories of student activism in the nation. Read more...



Board working to revitalize Union

Members of the Associated Students of UCLA Board of Directors are busy evaluating services provided by the student union and recommending changes and additions for the future. Read more...


OCHC pushes for housing input

Housing officials and students successfully worked together last year to ensure no students would be living in a study lounge during the 2002-2003 school year, but two major decisions ““ the enactment of housing’s “consolidation policy” and a raise in room and board fees ““ were made with little or no student input. Read more...