Author Archives: Sam Hoff

UCLA officials launch $1M crowdfunding campaign for flood cleanup

This post was updated on July 31 at 6:13 p.m. University officials launched a crowdfunding campaign Thursday morning in response to the flooding on campus Tuesday afternoon, which affected several parking structures and buildings, including the famed Pauley Pavilion. The campaign, hosted on the UCLA Spark crowdfunding platform, raised several thousand dollars within hours of […]

Students, staff still without cars after parking structures flood

Raven was the car of Sina Famenini’s dreams. Famenini had saved his money from summer and work study jobs to lease the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro, which he affectionately named Raven because of its smooth black finish. The fourth-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student drove Raven from east Beverly Hills every day and parked on […]

ASUCLA Board of Directors recap – July 25

Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities that the university does not fund. It oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises. Budgets The Board of Directors unanimously approved the 2014-2015 Undergraduate Students Association and Graduate Students Association budgets. The USAC budget […]