The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. More than 100 students marched across campus Tuesday in support of implementing affirmative action in the University of California’s admissions process and increasing diversity at UCLA. The students demonstrated in solidarity against Proposal […]
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UCLA Transportation report evaluates progress made on 2006 bike plan
Surrounded by wheel spokes and winding gears, Asher Toback spends his work hours fixing up students’ tattered bicycles in a small space tucked in the back of the John Wooden Center. The fourth-year mathematics student and a studentsupervisor at the UCLA Bike Shop has seen firsthand the expanding bike culture at UCLA in recent years. […]
Westwood Urban Outfitters announces plans for expansion
Urban Outfitters recently announced plans to relocate and expand its Westwood location to create its third-largest store in California. Construction on the new storefront will begin in April and open in late 2014, said Rick Chancellor, western region vice president for The McDevitt Company. Urban Outfitters, a chain clothing store currently located on the corner […]
Study shows CicLAvia generated additional revenue for businesses
Restaurants, shops and food trucks in downtown Los Angeles may experience a boost in sales Sunday from bicyclists and runners exploring the streets at the car-free event CicLAvia, said researchers at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Businesses along Wilshire Boulevard saw a 10 percent bump in sales when they participated in a similar […]
Centralized mail room implemented on the Hill
UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services recently opened a new centralized mail room, causing some residents to complain about long lines and packages not entered into the logging system in a timely manner.
K-12 UCLA Community School focuses on college readiness
The high school students spoke one at a time to their peers, discussing their work in law firms, clinics and on UCLA’s campus. One student said she was excited to attend a class by the professor she was working for. Another said she attended her first meeting in an office. The group of twenty students […]
Alpha Gamma Delta sorority to revive UCLA chapter
Alpha Gamma Delta, a sorority with a long history at UCLA that has been dormant for more than 30 years, is set to begin recruitment again this fall and reopen its sorority house. The sorority ran a chapter in the same house on the north end of sorority row on Hilgard Avenue from the 1920s […]