A UCLA alumni association asked last week for the university to join a boycott of Indiana, following a controversial state law that makes it legal to refuse services to people based on business owners’ and employees’ religious beliefs. UCLA’s Lambda Alumni Association, an association of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender alumni, said in a letter […]
Author Archives: Amanda Wilcox
Student groups discuss racial profiling against South Asians
More than a quarter of the nearly 40 South Asian and Middle Eastern students in the room raised their hands when a speaker asked if they had ever been called a terrorist. Following the Feb. 10 Chapel Hill shootings that led to the death of three Muslim Americans and the Feb. 12 police assault of […]
Proposal seeks to increase disciplinary action for sexual assault
The original version of this article contained information that was inaccurate and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for more information. Assembly member Das Williams recently announced a legislative package that seeks to increase disciplinary punishment for students found guilty of sexual assault at the state’s public college campuses. Williams, who represents […]
Anti-austerity party’s election win may usher in new era in Greece
The families of UCLA students from Greece could be witnessing the beginning of a new era for the country, as far-left, anti-austerity party Syriza won its first parliamentary election last week. The group Syriza, whose name is an acronym for a Greek phrase meaning “Coalition of the Radical Left,” promised to reintroduce the pre-austerity minimum […]
CEO Jim Berk appointed executive board chair of UCLA School of TFT
Jim Berk, CEO of global entertainment company Participant Media, was appointed executive board chair of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television on Thursday. As board chair, he will help advise the school’s staff and participate in shaping its future. The board partners with Teri Schwartz, dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film […]
Q&A session spans topics of global outreach, promoting sustainability
His first assignment was to lead a relief initiative for Haiti in the aftermath of its 2010 earthquake. His actions, along with those of supporting American organizations, were part of a humanitarian effort in which about 50 percent of American families donated to the cause. Dr. Rajiv Shah, who has worked as administrator of the […]
New MyUCLA feature gives students option of adding preferred name
A feature added to MyUCLA last week allows students to give UCLA their preferred name, which will then appear on some academic student records. The feature, which was added under “Settings” on MyUCLA, lets students request that a preferred name, a name chosen by the student that differs from his or her legal name, be […]