The Westwood Village Improvement Association’s new budget increases worker salaries and cuts funding for beautification projects. The association’s board of directors voted to approve the 2018 budget at their meeting Thursday. Read more...
News, Westwood
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October 22, 10:25 pm
Westwood Village Improvement Association approves 2018 budget
Campus, News, UC
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October 22, 12:29 pm
Socialist Students UCLA holds event criticizing UC free speech trend
Students at a Friday event said they think the University of California has historically suppressed free speech and called on the university to help peacefully protest far-right speakers that visit campus. Read more...
Photo: Socialist Students UCLA held “Free Speech: The UC’s History of Hypocrisy” in Boelter Hall on Friday in response to UCLA’s free speech events last week. (Eda Gokcebay/Daily Bruin)
National, News
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October 20, 11:14 pm
Gov. Brown signs bill to waive first-year tuition at community colleges
For first-generation college student Oscar Gaytan, community college was an affordable way to figure out what he was interested in and whether college was something he wanted to pursue. Read more...
News, Westwood
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October 20, 4:00 pm
Westwood Village Improvement Association recap – Oct. 20
The Westwood Village Improvement Association is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. Property and business owners created the association in 2011 to provide the Village with functions the city of Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...
Campus, News
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October 20, 1:33 am
Vending machine with safe sex, health products installed in Ackerman
Students will now be able to access a vending machine on campus that provides birth control products, condoms and school supplies. Associated Students UCLA and the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center partnered with UCLA Vending Services to install the vending machine in Ackerman A-Level on Thursday. Read more...
Photo: A new vending machine that sells condoms, Plan B pills and school supplies was installed at Ackerman A-level on Thursday. (Kathy Zhou/Daily Bruin)
News, UC
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October 20, 1:32 am
Bill ensures nonresident students held to higher academic qualifications
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law last week that modified the state’s education code to ensure that out-of-state undergraduate students accepted to the University of California have greater academic qualifications than in-state undergraduate students. Read more...
Photo: Last week, Gov. Brown signed a bill into law requiring out-of-state undergraduate students to have greater academic qualifications than in-state undergraduate students in order to be admitted. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A Closer Look, Campus, News
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October 20, 1:31 am
Alumni develop app for college students to manage their finances
Tim Yu and Susie Kim spent $70 to buy tickets to a nightclub party hosted by Kim Kardashian in Las Vegas. They ended up arriving late and missing the party. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Tim Yu)