Various campus media outlets and undergraduate student leaders will hold a panel discussion Wednesday night in order to gauge what students care about and want to see from them. The Undergraduate Students Association Council, the On-Campus Housing Council, the Daily Bruin and campus newsmagazines will host the event, which is set to take place in […]
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BruinCard to undergo technology upgrade, redesign
The BruinCard is up for a facelift this year, as part of a more than $1 million system upgrade project. The software and hardware behind the BruinCard are out of date and need to be updated if UCLA plans to continue using the cards, said Marsha Lovell, director of UCLA Business and Finance Services who […]
Trial date set for former researcher James Enstrom’s lawsuit
A Riverside federal judge set a trial date for a former UCLA researcher’s lawsuit against the University of California Board of Regents in a Monday hearing. The case is set to go to trial on Nov. 18 of this year. James Enstrom, a former faculty researcher in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences in the […]
USAC still searching for Election Board chair candidate
The undergraduate student government is still struggling to find a student to run its upcoming spring elections after a candidate backed out of the position last week. The Undergraduate Students Association Council was supposed to appoint an Election Board chair by the first week of fall quarter, according to USAC bylaws. Last week was the […]
Alternative spring break program offers expanded opportunities
A spring break community service program has expanded this year to include more volunteer sites and participants. During Alternative Breaks at UCLA, a project housed in the Community Service Commission, students complete different service activities and aim to immerse themselves in the community. The sites include San Francisco, New Orleans, downtown Los Angeles and Washington, […]
Justine Bateman moves from acting to academia
It was her supervising producer who finally sat Justine Bateman down in her dressing room, put a hand on her shoulder and broke the news about college. “Honey, you can’t go,” Bateman remembers the producer saying. “You’re under contract with Paramount Studios.” She was 17 when she first applied to college. At the time she […]
Late Rosh Hashanah delays fall 2014 start, shorter winter break
Students at some University of California schools will lose a week of winter break in the 2014-2015 school year, gaining a week of summer break instead. The calendar change stems from a UC policy requiring campuses to avoid conflicts between religious holidays and residence hall move-in days, said Frank Wada, UCLA registrar. “It’s not about […]