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UCLA students are one step closer to taking online courses for full credit.

Status updates for Facebook are common among UCLA students; HIV/AIDS updates are not.

The theme for this year’s World AIDS Day, occurring today, is “Have you Updated Your Status?” playing off of the popular networking site.

Students are encouraged to get tested and have open communication with their partners, said Kaitlynn Yandell, a second-year international development studies student and an AIDS Ambassador.

World AIDS Day is put on by the Student Welfare Commission and AIDS Awareness Committee on campus.

“It’s just a way for people to get talking about AIDS in a fun type of environment,” said Anjum Bokhari, co-director for the AIDS Awareness Committee and a fourth-year biology student.

Processions from the Court of Sciences, De Neve Plaza and Dickson Court will converge at Bruin Plaza to start out the day’s events.