A student-run basic needs center opened Friday to distribute free resources on campus. The Good Clothes Good People redistribution center in Student Activities Center B54 will offer students a centralized place to donate and pick up clothes, school supplies and hygiene products. GCGP, a nonprofit organization that collects and donates these products, collaborated with 16 […]
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UCLA Extension partnership creates educational program for underserved community
Some adults said they want to continue their education because they want to successfully showcase why their skills and experience are useful to potential employers. UCLA Extension, an institution affiliated with UCLA that offers career and educational programs, partnered with PUENTE Learning Center, an organization that offers educational programs to adults and children in Los […]
UCLA Life Sciences forms new committee to help students navigate core classes
A new committee will gather student feedback to improve the curriculum for core life science classes. Navi Sidhu, an undergraduate representative for Associated Students UCLA, said he created the Life Science Core Student Advisory and Communication Committee on May 29, with the approval of Dean of UCLA Life Sciences Victoria Sork, to increase collaboration between […]
Incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein talks UC funding, gun control
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she is depending on young people to advocate for gun control legislation. Members of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board spoke with Feinstein, a Democrat who is running for re-election against California state Sen. Kevin De León, via a phone call Monday. Feinstein, a current U.S. senator for California, has held […]
USAC candidates say campaigns mostly unchanged even with reimbursements
Candidates who applied for reimbursements for this year’s undergraduate student government election campaign spendings will receive about $100. Thirty-five of the 39 candidates who ran in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election applied to be reimbursed for their campaign spending. Each candidate will receive up to $107.14 from 10 percent of the election board’s […]
USAC candidate creates one-person slate to promote transparency
A general representative candidate said he created his new one-person, student-run political slate to address what he considers to be a lack of inclusion and transparency between the current undergraduate student government and the campus community. Candidates Operating Clearly is a new single-person slate running third-year statistics student Andrew Sokoler for general representative in this […]
GSA recap – April 18
Agenda: UCPD Lt. Kevin Kilgore said that UCPD has reached out to Graduate Students Association, Undergraduate Students Association Council, international student leaders and UCLA administration to ensure that protests on campus operate within UCPD guidelines and result in no arrests. Kilgore said officers are also enforcing electric scooter regulations, such as using helmets and riding […]