Friday, March 27

Disclosure of drug past may affect financial aid

By Christine Byrd Daily Bruin Senior Staff Get convicted of drug use and lose your federal financial aid ““ that’s the law. A provision to the Higher Education Act of 1998 instituted changes in the Federal Application for Financial Student Aid, including an additional question about whether a student has been convicted of a drug-related crime. Read more...


Lawsuit over Michigan grant raises concerns in California

By Linh Tat Daily Bruin Senior Staff Scholarships help students out, but they don’t always help those who need it most. The American Civil Liberties Union slapped a lawsuit against the state of Michigan on June 27 for allegedly discriminating against poor and minority students in its merit-based scholarship program, raising questions about the fairness of other states’ award programs. Read more...


A world apart

By Alice Su For The Daily Bruin The greatest shock Japanese students Aska Takahashi and Hiromi Murayama experienced in the United States was something most Americans take for granted: cars stopping for pedestrians. Read more...



Council members clash in appointment process

By Melody Wang Daily Bruin Contributor The Undergraduate Students Association Council has appointed the Budget Review Director and Finance Committee Chair for the upcoming year, but members still struggle to appoint one of two undergraduate representatives to the Associated Students of UCLA Board of Directors. Read more...


Madison’s temporarily shut down

By Dharshani Dharmawardena Daily Bruin Senior Staff As UCLA graduates and sports fans prepared to celebrate in Westwood earlier this month, the Department of Health Services and Environmental Health closed down Madison’s Bar and Grill, a popular student locale on Broxton Avenue. Read more...


Error causes damage in Kinsey

By Timothy Kudo Daily Bruin Senior Staff More than one hundred computers and other electrical devices were damaged in Kinsey Hall on June 19 after a facilities maintenance worker made an error while replacing the building’s transformers. Read more...