A rabbi at UCLA Hillel is working with a national public relations firm to strategize against potential divestment resolutions on campus, according to recently leaked emails. In the two emails, Rabbi Aaron Lerner told Arielle Poleg, media and client manager at public relations firm 30 Point Strategies, that Hillel at UCLA is planning to spread […]
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Website sets goal to conserve the amount of water lost in UCLA flood
A brother-and-sister team recently built a website designed to encourage people to conserve 20 million gallons of water, the amount lost during the July water main break that flooded UCLA. Hilary Kraft, an alumna of the UCLA Anderson School of Management, worked with her brother Richard Kraft to build Make It Up LA!, which they […]
Police make three arrests in connection with several street robberies
Police arrested three people in Westwood Village late Friday in connection with a series of street robberies in the area. University police officers pulled over a car driving near the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Lindbrook Drive after matching it with the description on an internal crime bulletin, said UCPD Lt. Mark Littlestone. In the […]
UCLA Recreation holds contest to name gym on the Hill
UCLA Recreation officials are asking members of the university community to suggest potential names for the new gym expected to open on the Hill next fall. The contest is open to students, faculty, staff, alumni and UCLA Recreation members, who can submit names on an online form. The 14,000 square-foot fitness center will be open […]
ASUCLA Finance Committee recap – Oct. 24
Members of the Associated Students UCLA Finance Committee and the Communications Board discussed the association’s finances and possible models for UCLA Student Media at their monthly meeting Friday. The Communications Board is an independent subdivision of ASUCLA that oversees Student Media, including the Daily Bruin, BruinLife yearbook, UCLA Radio and seven newsmagazines. ASUCLA executive director […]
UCLA professor creates website to encourage exploration of downtown LA
Some visitors to the Los Angeles State Historic Park might not notice, but many of the events of the city’s first century took place within eyeshot of the park. The first hospital, cemetery and train station were all built around the park, and the city grew around the land that eventually became it. To improve […]
UCPD releases sketch of man wanted for brandishing gun at student
University police released a sketch Wednesday of a man wanted for brandishing a handgun at a UCLA student on Landfair Avenue last week. The UCLA student was walking south near Midvale Avenue just after midnight Friday when she approached a man pacing on the sidewalk. He lifted his shirt, revealing handgun tucked in his waistband, […]