Wednesday, April 8

Lollicup Fresh opens second location in Westwood Village

Students now have several boba options in the Westwood Village area and on campus. Lollicup Fresh, a boba restaurant that currently has a location in Ackerman Union on campus, opened its Westwood Village location on Oct. Read more...

Photo: Lollicup Fresh, a boba restaurant with another location in Ackerman Union, opened a new location in the south end of Westwood Village. Lollicup Fresh joins a number of other boba restaurants in Westwood. (Jacob Preal/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Professor selected to advise chancellor on federal immigration policy

A Chicana/o studies and urban planning studies professor will help advise the chancellor and lead UCLA’s response to federal immigration policy changes. Chancellor Gene Block announced in a campuswide email Wednesday that Abel Valenzuela Jr. Read more...

Photo: Chancellor Gene Block appointed Dr. Valenzuela, a professor of Chicana/o studies and urban planning, as the special advisor to the chancellor on immigration policy. (Courtesy of the Optimist Campaign)


Student groups mobilize protest in support of hospital valet workers

About 30 students protested in support of valet workers at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday and marched to an administrator’s office to deliver a letter asking to meet with him. Read more...

Photo: Protestors from the Student Labor Advocacy Project of UCLA and UCLA Sanctuary Campus Committee wore face masks with “hire valets” written on them because they believe some valet workers have developed respiratory issues from breathing in fumes while working in the hospital’s basement. (Marley Maron/Daily Bruin)




USAC found in violation of election code amendment procedures

The Undergraduate Students Association Council violated the election code after failing to follow bylaw amendment procedures, according to the UCLA Office of the Campus Counsel. The council violated its constitution and election code when it voted to limit student political group campaign spending this month without first appointing an election board chairperson and not meeting voting requirements. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Student Association Council will vote on whether to update the agenda minutes to reflect that, while the vote was taken, it will not be implemented because it did not meet the adequate amount of votes according to the election code. (Daily Bruin file photo)


HCI event emphasizes health benefits of social interactions

A new campus initiative aims to make students’ and faculty members’ social lives a priority for their health. UCLA’s Healthy Campus Initiative launched Engage Well at a La Kretz Garden Pavilion event Tuesday to promote healthy social relationships and interaction. Read more...

Photo: Healthy Campus Initiative launched Engage Well, a new area of focus that emphasizes building and maintaining social relationships for personal health and well-being. (Nick Kardan/Daily Bruin)