The director of a UCLA child care center was placed on an indefinite leave last week and replaced by an interim director. Moises Roman, who was the director of the Krieger Center in the UCLA Early Care and Education program, will be replaced by Sue Ballentine, announced Brad Erickson, the executive director of Campus Service Enterprises. Read more...
A Closer Look, News
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April 19, 9:13 pm
UCLA Early Care and Education names interim Krieger Center director
News, Student Government
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April 19, 1:20 pm
GSA election sees 3.5 percent decrease in voter turnout
About 9 percent of eligible graduate students voted in this year’s uncontested Graduate Students Association election, down 3.5 percent from last year. Elections commissioner Anne Blackstock-Bernstein said 1,077 graduate students voted out of a possible 11,834. Read more...
Photo: This year’s Graduate Students Association candidates ran unopposed and only needed one vote each to secure their positions. The voter turnout was 9.1 percent, higher than the 2015 election when one seat was contested. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
News, Student Government
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April 19, 1:32 am
USAC recap – April 18
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
Photo: USAC council meetings take place every Tuesday. This week, the council could not vote on any agenda items because only seven out of 13 members attended. (Petek Kuscu/Daily Bruin)
Westwood
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April 19, 1:27 am
Students comment on idea of online WWNC voting process
A Westwood neighborhood organization may not implement online elections any time soon, but some students are interested in voting on the web instead of going to polling stations. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Illustrations director)
News, UC
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April 19, 1:27 am
More student input sought for undergraduate student advisor position
A University of California student leader said he would like to see more student input throughout the undergraduate student advisor selection process. The undergraduate student advisor, a position created by the UC Board of Regents in January 2016, does not have voting power, but makes recommendations to the board on issues that concern the student population and aims to give regents a more comprehensive student perspective on university issues. Read more...
News, Student Government
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April 19, 1:20 am
USAC candidates share platforms and goals at endorsement hearing
Undergraduate student government candidates focused on how they would protect students from federal policies created by President Donald Trump’s administration and advocating for college affordability at an endorsement hearing Monday. Read more...
Campus, News, Science & Health
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April 19, 1:19 am
Chemistry department review critiques Molecular Instrumentation Center
A chemistry equipment facility is working to buy more advanced apparatus after facing criticisms from reviewers of the chemistry department. The Molecular Instrumentation Center was critiqued in a February report of the chemistry and biochemistry department. Read more...
Photo: Ignacio Martini, interim director at the Molecular Instrumentation Center, works with an x-ray photoelectron spectrometer. (Chengcheng Zhang/Daily Bruin)