Author Archives: Joseph Vescera

Lawmaker calls for congressional investigation into superbug outbreak

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) called Monday for Congress to investigate sterilization problems with a widely used medical scope linked to the superbug outbreak at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. In a letter to members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Lieu, who represents the congressional district that includes Westwood and UCLA, […]

USAC recap – Feb. 10

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meeting on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda The council unanimously approved […]

Winter SOOF applicants to receive about $200 in USAC funding

The undergraduate student government unanimously allocated about $20,600 to more than 100 student groups on Tuesday to use for a variety of operational costs. This is the third round of Student Organization Operational Fund allocations in which the average money given to groups has hovered around $200. The total pool of funds available from SOOF […]

USAC recap – Jan. 27

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff Hall 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meeting on the USAC Live! Youtube channel. Agenda USAC approved an […]

USAC funds 10 parking scholarships for commuter expenses

Jade Tamyo doesn’t think she will have to borrow money from her grandparents to pay for her $231 campus parking pass this quarter. The third-year sociology student commutes to campus about four times a week, often going straight to class from her job as a law firm clerk in Marina del Rey. Though she said […]

Deficit from JazzReggae Festival largest in past decade

The JazzReggae Festival’s loss of $120,844 last year was the largest in the past decade because of declining ticket revenues and mounting facility costs. About $113,000 of the deficit was paid for with money from the Undergraduate Students Association Council 2013-2014 surplus, which councilmembers allocated Tuesday night. This cut the money left in the surplus […]